Industrial Employment and Standing Orders Act - Definition

Section 2B:
Appropriate Government
In respect of industrial establishments under the control of the Central Government of a Railway administration or in a major port, mine or oilfield, the Central Government, and in all other cases he State Government:

Provided that where any question arises as to whether any industrial establishment is under the control of the Central Government, that Government may, either on a reference made to it by the employer or the workman or a trade union or other representative body of the workmen, or on its own motion and after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard, decide the question and such decision shall be final and binding on the parties;

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