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Substituted for the words “Chairman” in Section 7-A and 8 (1) and (2) by Haryana Act No. 6 of 2013. 6 (5) If a claim is received, whether in answer to the notice or otherwise, within a period of four years from the date of first publication of the notice in respect of such claims,-- (a) where the amount of claim so received is equal to the amount deposited by the management with the Board, the amount of the claim shall be paid by the Board to the employee concerned ; and (b) in any other case, the Board shall transfer such claim to the Authority appointed under section 15 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, having jurisdiction in the area in which the establishment is or has been situated, and the Authority shall proceed to adjudicate upon, and decide, such claim. In hearing such claim the Authority shall have the powers conferred by, and follow the procedure (in so far as it is applicable) followed in giving effect to the provisions of that Act. (6) If the Authority aforesaid is satisfied that any such claim is valid so that the right to receive payment is established, it shall decide that the unpaid accumulations in relation to which the claim is made shall cease to be deemed to be abandoned property, and shall order the Board to pay the whole of the dues claimed, or such part thereof as the Authority decides, are properly due, to the employee ; and the Board shall make payment accordingly : Provided that the Board shall not be liable to pay any sum in excess of that paid under sub-section (1) of section 3 to the Board as unpaid accumulations in respect of the claim. (7) If a claim for payment is refused, the employee shall have a right of appeal to the Court of District Judge and Board shall comply with any order made in appeal. An appeal shall lie within sixty days of the decision of the Authority. (8) The decision of the Authority, subject to the appeal aforesaid, and the decision in appeal shall be final and conclusive as to the right to receive payment, the liability of the Board to pay and also as to the amount , if any. (9) If no claim is made within the time specified in sub-section (5) or a claim has been duly refused as aforesaid by the Authority, or on appeal by the Court, then the unpaid accumulations in respect of such claim shall accrue to, and vest in, the State as bona vacantia, and shall thereafter, without further assurance, be deemed to be transferred to, and form part of, the Fund. 1[“9A. Contribution to Fund by employers and employees.- ‘(1) Each employee shall contribute to the Fund every month an amount equal to zero point two percent of his salary or wages or any remuneration subject to a limit of rupees thirty-one and each employer in respect of each such employee shall contribute to the Fund every month, twice the amount contributed by such employee : Provided that the limit specified above shall be indexed annually to the consumer price index beginning from first of January each year. Explanation.- For the purposes of sub-section (1), “employee” means an employee on the register of an establishment on the last working day of the month.’.