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The Code on Social Security (Gujarat) Rules, 2023

Rule 33. Application presented to wrong Competent Authority

Chapter V — Employees CompensationMade under The Code on Social Security, 2020No. GR/2023/158/PGA/172021/24659/M3, 30 Dec 2023

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(1) If it 'appears to the Competent Authority on receiving an application that should have been presented to another Competent Authority, he shall return it to the applicant after endorsing thereon the dates of presentation and return thereof, the reason for returning it and the designation of the Competent Authority to whom it should be presented.

(2) If it appears to the Competent Authority at any subsequent stage an application should have been presented to another Competent Authority, he shall send the application to the Competent Authority empowered to deal with it shall in form the applicant (and the opposite party, if any to whom a copy of the application has been sent under rule 37), accordingly.

(3) The Competent Authority to whom an application is transferred under sub-rule (2) may continue the proceedings as if the previous proceedings or any part of them had been taken before him, if he is satisfied that the interest of the parties will not thereby be prejudiced.

Source: The Code on Social Security (Gujarat) Rules, 2023, No. GR/2023/158/PGA/172021/24659/M3 — the official copy of the notification, p. 22 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 22 · official download · all sources

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