Rule 68. Procedure where Competent Authority considers he should refuse to record memorandum

(1) If, on receiving a memorandum of agreement, the Competent Authority considers that there are grounds for refusing to record the same, he shall fix a date for hearing the party or parties desiring the memorandum to be recorded and shall inform such party or parties and, if he thinks fit, any other party concerned, of the date so fixed and of the grounds on which he considers that the memorandum should not be recorded.

(2) If the parties to be informed are not present, a written notice shall be sent to them in Form–XXVIII or Form–XXIX, as the case may be, and the date fixed in such a notice shall be not less than seven days after the date of the issue of the same.

(3) If, on the date fixed under sub-rule (1), the party or parties desiring the memorandum to be recorded show adequate cause for proceeding to record the same, the Competent Authority may, if information has already been given to all the parties concerned, record the agreement. If information has not been given to all such parties, he should proceed in accordance with sub-rule (2).

(4) If, on the date so fixed, the Competent Authority refuses to record the memorandum, he shall send notice in Form–XXVII to any party who did not receive information under sub-rule (1).