Rule 13. Manner of disposal of appeal by appellate authority under section 32

(1) An employer or Trade Union desirous of preferring an appeal against the order of the certifying officer given under sub-section (5) of section 30 shall within sixty days of the receipt of such order shall draw up a memorandum of appeal in tabular form stating therein the provisions of the standing orders which are required to be altered or modified or deleted or added and reasons thereof and shall be filed electronically to the appellate authority.

(2) The appellate authority shall fix a date for the hearing of the appeal and direct notice thereof to be given – (a.) where the appeal is filed by the employer or a worker, to Trade Union of the workers of the industrial establishment or to the representative body of the workers concerned or to the employer, as the case may be; (b.) where the appeal is filed by a Trade Union, to the employer and all other Trade Unions of the workers of the industrial establishment; and (c.) where the appeal is filed by the representative of the workers, to the employer and any other worker whom the appellate authority joins as a party to the appeal.

(3) The appellant shall furnish each of the respondents with a copy of the memorandum of appeal.

(4) The appellate authority may at any stage of the proceeding call for any evidence, if it considers necessary for the disposal of the appeal.

(5) On the date fixed under sub-rule (2) for the hearing of the appeal, the appellate authority shall take such evidence as it may have called or consider to be relevant if produced and after hearing the parties dispose of the appeal.