Rule 152. Common licence

(1) Application for the common licence in respect of a factory and for engaging contract workers or any combination thereof or single licence for any of them under subsection (1) of sections 119 of the Code shall be submitted electronically in Form-XXII along with such fee and to such authority as maybe notified by the government.

(2) On receipt of an application, the authority shall investigate or cause to be investigated to his satisfaction about the correctness of the facts and particulars furnished in the application and other documents submitted along with it and grant such licence.

(3) Where the authority is of the opinion that the licence shall not be granted, he shall after affording reasonable opportunity to the applicant to be heard make an order rejecting the application, recording the reasons and shall communicate it to the applicant within forty five days of such application.

(4) The licence granted under this rule shall be valid for a period of five years, unless suspended or cancelled earlier in accordance with the provisions of the Code and these Rules.

(5) If the authority fails to grant or reject such application within the prescribed time, the licence shall be deemed to be issued and autogenerated.

(6) Any person aggrieved by an order passed under this section by the authority under Section 119 mayfile, within thirty days from the date of the order, an appeal electronically to such authority, and with such fee notified by the Government, which shall be disposed within sixty days.