Rule 25. Change of Name and Amalgamation under section 24

Chapter 4 — Trade UnionsMade under The Industrial Relations Code, 2020

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(1) Any registered Trade Union may, with the consent of not less than two-third of the total number of its members and subject to the provisions of sub-rule
(3), change its name.
(2) Any two or more registered Trade Unions may be amalgamated.
(3) Every notice of name change or merger shall be given in writing. In the case of a name change, it shall be signed by the secretary and seven members of the trade union changing the name, and in the case of a merger, by the secretary and seven members of each trade union involved. This notice shall be sent to the Registrar by registered mail or email. If the headquarters of the merged trade union is located in another state, the information will be sent to the Registrar of that state. Also, details of all the members who signed the decision taken regarding name change or merger will also be sent. This information will be sent within one month of the decision being finalized and signed by the concerned members.
(4) If the proposed name is identical with that by which any other existing Trade Union has been registered or, in the opinion of the Registrar, so nearly resembles such name as to be likely to deceive the public or the members of either Trade Union, the Registrar shall refuse to register the change of name.
(5) Save as provided in sub-rule (4), the Registrar shall, if he is satisfied that the provisions of this Code/rules in respect of change of name have been complied with, he shall register the change of name in the register referred to in sub-section (3) of section 9, and the change of name shall have effect from the date of such registration.
(6) If the Registrar of the State in which the head office of the amalgamated Trade Union is situated is satisfied that the provisions of this Code/rules in respect of amalgamation have been complied with and that the Trade Union formed thereby is entitled to registration under section 9, shall register the Trade Union and the amalgamation shall have effect from the date of such registration.
(7) The change in the name of a registered Trade Union shall not affect any rights or obligations of the Trade Union or render defective any legal proceeding by or against the Trade Union, and any legal proceeding whichmight havebeen continued or commenced byor against it by its former name may be continued or commenced by or against it by its new name.
(8) An amalgamation of two or more registered Trade Unions shall not prejudice any right of any such Trade Unions or any right of a creditor of any of them.

Source: The Uttarakhand Industrial Relation Rules, 2026 — the official copy of the notification, pp. 106–108 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 106 · official download · all sources

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