Rule 48. Manner for applying for permission from the Jammu and Kashmir Government to continue the lay-off under sub-section (3) of section 78

The employer shall in case of an industrial establishment being a mine specified in sub-section (3) of section 78 where the workers (other than Badli workers or casual workers) have been laid-off under sub-section (1) of section 78 for reasons of fire, flood or excess of inflammable gas or explosion, within a period of thirty days from the date of commencement of such lay-off, apply to the Jammu and Kashmir Government in (Form-XIV) electronically and by registered or speed post with a 'copy to the Labour Commissioner, J&K, Deputy Labour Commissioner/concerned Assistant Labour Commissioner having jurisdiction for permission to continue the layoff specifying the number of days; intimating the number of workers to be laid off, the total number of workers employed in the industrial establishment, the date of lay off and the reasons for continuation of such lay off.