Rule 44. Procedure registration settlement

On receipt of an application for registration of for 43. of settlement, the Conciliation Officer or the authority notified by the Goverment in this behalf may make an enquiry if he/it considers necessary. If after enquiry, the Conciliation Officer or the authority concerned decides to register a settlement, the agreement shall be register in Form-O and a certificate of registration shall be issued to all the parties to the settlement in Form-P within thirty days of receipt of the application for registration. If the registering authority refirses to register the settlement, an intimation to this effect, together with reasons for refusal to register, shall be given to all the parties to the agreement not later than thirty days of receiving the application for registration. The authority notified by the State Government for registering a settlement shall also give intimation of registration of settlement, or of the refusal thereof, as the case may be, to the Conciliation Officer of the area concerned and to the Labour Commissioner, Uttarakhand within seven days of the registration of settlement.