Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Where an industrial dispute has been referred to a Labour Court or Tribunal for adjudication, it shall hold its proceedings expeditiously and shall as soon as it is practicable on the conclusion thereof, submit its award to the State Government. (2) The award of a Labour Court or Tribunal shall be in writing and shall he signed by its Presiding Officer. [(2-A) An award in an industrial dispute relating to the discharge or dismissal of a workman may direct the setting aside of the discharge or dismissal and reinstatement of the workman on such terms and conditions if any, as the authority making the award may think fit, or granting such other relief to the workman, including the substitution of any lesser punishment for discharge or dismissal, as the circumstances of the case may require.]2 (3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4) every arbitration award and the award of a Labour Court or Tribunal, shall, within a period of thirty days from the date of its receipt by the State Government, be published in such manner as the State Government thinks fit. [(4) Before publication of an award of a Labour Court or Tribunal under sub section (3), if the State Government is of the opinion that,--- (a) the adjudicating authority has unreasonably refused permission to any party to adduce evidence; or (b) any party was prevented by any other sufficient cause from adducing evidence; or (c) new and important material fact or evidence has come to notice, which after the exercise of due diligence was not within the knowledge of, or could not be produced by the party at the time when the award was made; or (d) the award is likely to disturb the industrial pease; or