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REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 80] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1976/PHALGUNA 15, 1897

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation

MINISTRY OF LABOUR

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 5th March 1976

G.S.R. lll(E).—Whereas certain draft rules further to amend the Industrial Disputes (Central) Rules, 1957, were published as required by sub-section (1) of section 38 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) at pages 395 to 406 of the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) dated the 20th February, 1976, under the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour No, GSR 9l(E) dated the 20th February, 1976, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby on or before the expiry of a period of ten days from the date of publi- cation of the said notification in the Official Gazette.

And whereas the said Gazette was made available to the public on the 20th February, 1976.

And whereas the objections and suggestions received from the public on the said draft have been duly considered;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 38 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Industrial Disputes (Central) Rules, 1957, namely:

1. These rules may be called the Industrial Disputes (Central) Amendment Rules, 1976.

(531)

2. In the Industrial Disputes (Central) Rules, 1957,—

(a) after rule 75A, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:—

"75B. Application for permission for lay-off under wction ISM.—(1) Applica- tion for permission to lay-off any workman under sub-section ( I ), or for permission to continue a lay-off under sub-section (2), of section 25M shall be made in Form 0-3 and delivered to the authority specified under sub-section (1) either personally or by registered post acknowledgement due and where the application is sent by registered post the djte on which the same is delivered to the said authority shall be deemed to be the date on which the application is made, for the purposes of sub- section (4) of the said section.

(2) The application for permission shall be made in triplicate and sufficient number of copies of the application for service on the workmen concerned shall also be submitted along with the application.

(3) The employer concerned shall furnish to the authority to whom the appli- tion for permission has been madle such further information as the authority considers necessary for arriving at a decision on thc application, as and when called for by such authority, so as to enable the authority to communicate the permission or refusal to grant permission within the period specified in sub-section (4) of section 25M.

(4) Where the permission to lay-off has been granted by the said authority, the employer concerned shall give to the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), concerned, a notice of commencement and termination of such lay-off in Forms O-l and 0-2 respectively and where permission to conti- nue a lay-off has been granted by the said authority, the employer shall give to the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) concerned, a notice of commencement of such lay-off in Form 0-1, in ca.<"e such a notice has not already been given under sub-rule (1) of rule 75A, and A notice of termination of such lay-off in Form 0-2.

(5) The notice of commencement and termination of lay-off referred to in sub- rule (4) shall be given within thc period specified in sub-rule (1) of rule 75 A. J

(b) rule 76A shall be re-numbered as rule 76B and—

(i) before rule 76B as so renumbered, the following rule shall be inserted, namely;—

"76A. Notice of, and application for permission for, retrenchment—(1) Notice under clause (o) of sub-section (1) of section 25N for retrenchment shall be served in Form PA and served on the Central Government or such authority as may be specified by that Government under thc said clause either personally or by registered post acknowledgement due and where the notice is served by registered post, the date on which the same is delivered to the Central Government or the authority shall be deemed to bo the date of service of the notice for the purposes of sub-section (3) of the said section.

(2) Application for permission for retrenchment under sub-section (4) of section 25N shall be made in Form PM (with attested copy of thc notice given by the employer under clause (a) of section 25F appended thereto) and delivered to the Central Government or to such authority as may be specified by that Government either personally or by registered post acknowledgement due and where the application is sen.t by regis- tered post the date on which the same is delivered to the Central Gov- ernment or the authority shall be deemed to be the date on which the application is made for the purposes of sub-section (5) of the said section.

(3) The notice or, as the case may be, the application shall be served or made in triplicate and sufficient number of copies thereof for service on the workmen concerned shall be submitted along with the notice or, as the case may be, the application.

(4) The employer concerned shall furnish to the Central Government or the authority to whom the notice for retrenchment has been given or the application for permission for retrenchment has been made, under

clause (c) of sub-section (I) or, as the case may be, sub-section (4) of section 25N, such, further information as the Central Government or, as the case may be, the authority considers necessary for arriving at a decision on the notice or, as the case may be, the application, as and when called for by such authority, so as to enable the Central Gov- ernment or the authority to communicate its permission or refusal to grant permission within the period specified in sub-section (3) or, as the case may be, sub-section (5) of section 25N-";

(ii) after rule 76B as re-numbercd the following rule shall be inserted, namely: — " 7 6 C. N o t i ce of, and application for p e r m i s s i on for, c l o s u r e .— ( I) N o t i ce under sub-section (1) of section 25-0 of intended closure shall bo given in Form QA and served on the- Central Government either personally or by registered post acknowledgement due.

(2) Application for permission to close down an undertaking, under sub- section (3) of section 25-0, sh < 1 le in foim QB (with attested copy of the notice served by the employer under sub-section (1) of section 25FFA appended thereto) and delivered to the Central Govern- ment cither personally or by registered post acknowledgement due and where the application is sent by registered post the date on which the same is delivered to the Central Government shall be deemed to be the date on which the application is made for the purposes of sub- section (4) of the said section.

(3) The notice, or, as the case may be, the application shall be made in triplicate.

(4) The employer concerned shall furnish to the Central Government to whom the notice of intended closure has been given or the application for permission to close down has been made such further information as that Government considers necessary, for arriving at a decision on the notice, or, as the case may be, the application, and calls for from such employer.";

(c) after Foim 0-2, the following form shall be inserted, namely:—

"FORM O-1 (To be submitted in triplicate with additional number of copies for

service on the workmen concerned),

[See rule 75B(1)]

Form of application for permission to lay-off to continue the lay-off of workmen in

industrial establishments to which provisions of Chapter VB of the Industrial Disputes

Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) apply.

To

(The authority specified under sub-section (1) of section 25M).

Sir,

Under '"sub-section (1)/sub-section (2) of section 25M of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) read with sub-rule (1) of rule 75B of the Industrial Disputes (Central) Rules, 1957 I/we hereby apply for "permission to lay-off/permission to continue the, Jay-ott. workmen of a total of workmen employed in my/ our establishment with effect from for the reasons set out in the Annexure.

Permission is solicited* for the lay-off/to continue the lay-off of the said workmen.

Such of the workmen permitted to be laid-off will be paid such compensation if ;my. to which they are entitled under sub-section (6) of section 25M, read with section 25C, of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947).

Yours faithfully,

(Signature)

'^Strike out whatever is inapplicable.

ANNEXURE

(Please give replies against each item)

Item No.

1. Namc of *e undertaking with com- plete postal address, including tele- graphic addresses and telephone number.

2, Status of undertaking —

(i) whether Central public sector/ Stnte public sector/foreign majenity company/joint sector, etc.

(ii) If belongs to large industrial house, please indicate the con- trolling group; and if a foieign majority company, indicate the extent of foreign holdings.

(iii) Whether the undertaking is licen- ced/registered and if so, name of licensing/registration autho- rity and licence/registration cer- tificate numbers.

3. (a) *Names and addresses of the af- fected workmen proposed to be laid-off/narnes and addresses of thc workmen laid oil before the commencement of the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1976 (32 of 1976) and the dates fiom which each of them has been laid off,

(b) 'I he nature of the duties of the workmen rcfcired to in sub- item (a), the units/sections/ shops where they are or were working and thc wages drawn by them.

4. Items of manufacture and scheduled industry/industries under which they fall.

5. Details relating to installed capacity, licenced capacity and utilised capa- city.

6. (i) Annual pioductlon, item-wise for preceding three years.

(ii) Production figures, monthwise, for the preceding twelve months.

7. Work-in-progress, item-wise and

value-wise.

8. Any arrangements regarding off- loading or sub-contracting of pro- ducts or any components thereof.

9. Position of the order book, Hem- wise and value-wise for a period or six. months, and one year next fol- lowing, u nd for the period after the expiry of the s.aid one year.

(*StriVe out whatever is inapplicable)

10. Number of working days m a wee*, with the number of shifts per day and the strength of workmen per each shift.

11. Balance sheets, profit and loss ac- counts and audit reports for the las' three years.

12. Financial position of the company.

13. Names of the interconnected com- panies or companies under the same management.

14. (i) The total number of workmen (category wise), and the num- ber of employees other than workmen as defined under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), employed in the undertaking.

(ii) Percentage of wnges of workmen

to the total cost of production.

15. Administrative, general and selling cost in absolute terms per year in the last three years and percentage thereof to the total cost.

16. Details of lay-offs resorted to in the last three years (other than the lay- off for which permission is sought), including the periods of such lay- offs, the number of workmen involv. ed in each sucli lay-off and the rea- sons therefor.

17. Anticipated savings due to the *pro- posed lay-off/lay-off for the conti- nuance of which permission is sought.

18. Any proposal for effecting savings

on account of reduction in—

(i) managerial remuneration,

(ii) sales promotion cost, and

(iii) general administration expenses.

19. Position of stocks on last day of each of the months in the preceding twelve months.

20. Annual sales figures for the last three years and month-wise sales figures for th,. preceding twelve months, both item-wise and value-wise.

21. Reasons for the '"proposed lay-oil/ lay-off for the continuance of which permission is sought.

22. Any specific attempts made so f.ir to avoid the '"proposed ]ny-ofT/hy-off for the continuance of which permis- sion is sought.

23. Any c Iher relevant factors will*

details thereof.";

:|¹Strike nut whatever is inapplicable.

(d) after Form P, the following forms shall be inserted, namely :—

"FORM PA (To be made in triplicate with additional number of copies for service on the workmen concerned)

[See rule 76A(1)]

Form of notice for permission for retrenchment of workmen to be given by an employer under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 2SN of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947)

Date

To

w

[The Central Government/authority specified under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 25N].

Sir,

Under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 25N of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), I/We hereby inform you that *I/Wra propose to retrench workmen [being workmen to whom sub-section (1) of section 25N applies] with effect for the reasons set out in the Annexure. from

2. The workmen "concerned have been given notico in writing as required under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 25N/havc not been given notice since the retrench- ment is under an agreement (copy of which is enclosed) as provided in the proviso to the said CIHUSC.

3. The total number of workmen employed in the industrial establishment and the total number of those who will be affected by is the proposed retrenchment is as given below :—

Category and designation of workmen to be retrenched

(Employed'

Number of workmen ) (to be retrenched)

(1)

(2)

(3)

4. Permission is solicited for the proposed retrenchment, under clause (c) of sub- section (1) of section 25N.

5. I/We hereby declare that the workmen permitted to be retrenched will be paid compensation due to them under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 25N of the Act.

Yours faithfully,

(Signature)

"Strike out whatever is inapplicable.

ANNEXURE

(Please give replies against each item)

Item No.

1. Name of the undertaking with com- plete postal address, including tele- graphic addresses and telephone number,

2. Status of undertaking—

(i) Whether Central public sector/ State public sector/foreign majo- rity company/joint sector, etc.

(ii) It* belongs to large industrial house, please indicate the con- trolling group; and if a foreign majority company, indicate the extent of foreign holdings, (iii) Whether the undertaking is licensed/registered and if so, name of licensing/ registration authority and licence/ registration certificate numbers.

3. Names and addresses of the work- men proposed to be retrenched and the nature of their duties, the units/ sections/shops where they are work- ing and the wages drawn by them.

4. Items of manufacture and scheduled industry/industries under which they fall.

5. Details relating to installed capacity, licensed capacity "nd the utilised capacity.

6. (i) Annual production, item-wise for preceding ihree years.

(ii) Production figures month-wise for the preceding twelve months.

7. Work in progress—item-wise and

value-wise.

8. Any arrangement regarding off-load- ing or sub-contracting of products or any components thereof.

y. Position of the order book—-item- wise and value-wise [or a period of six months and one year ncxl fol- lowing, and for ihe period after the expiry of the said one year,

10. Number of working days in a week with number of shifts per day and strength of workmen per each shift.

11. Balance Sheet; profit and loss ac- count and audit reports for the last three years.

12. Financial position of the company.

13. Names of the inlcr-connccted com- panies or companies under the same management.

14. (i) The total number of workmen (category-wise), and the number of employees other than work- men as defined in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), employed in the under- taking.

(ii) Percentage of wages of work- men to the total cost of pro- duction.

1?. Administrative, general and selling cost in. absolute terms per year for the last three years and percentage thereof to the total cost.

Ib. Details of retrenchment resorted to in the last three years, including dates of retrenchment, the number of workmen involved in each case, mid the reasons thrrefor.

17. Has any of the retrenched workmen been given re-employment and if so, when? Give details.

18. Are seniority lists maintained in rrs- peet of the categories of workmen proposed to be retrenched and if so, the details and the position of the workmen affected indicating their length of service including broken periods of service?

iy. Anticipated savings due to the pro

posed retrenchment.

20. Any proposal for effecting savings *r\

account of reduction in — (i) managerial remuneration, (ii) sales promotion cost, and (iii) general administration expenses.

21. Position of stock on the last day of each of the months in the preceding twelve months.

Jl. Annual sales figures for the last three years and month-wise sales figures—for tho preceding twelve months both item wise and v.ilue- wise.

23. Reasons for the proposed retrench-

ment.

24. Any specific attempt made so far to avoid the proposed retrenchment.

25. Any other relevant factors with

details thereof.

FORM PB (TO be made in triplicate with additional number of copies for service on the workman concerned).

[See rule 76A(2)]

Form of application for permission for retrenchment of workmen in cases where at the

commencement of the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1976 (32 of 1976),

the period of notice given under clause (a) of section 25F for the tetrenchment

has not expired

Date

To

,

[ . " . ..

[The Central Government/authority referred to in subsection (2) of section 25N of the Act].

Sir,

I/We have given notice on under clause (a) of section 25F for the retrenchment of the workman/workmen specified below (Attested copy/copies of the notice is/are appended hereto):—

Category and designation Name and addresses of workman/workmen

(1)

(2)

2. The period of notice referred to above has not expired.

3. 1/Wc hereby solicit permission for the retrenchment of the workmen referred to above under sub-scctjon (4) of section 25N of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) for the reasons set out in the Annexure,

Yours faithfully,

(Signature)

ANNEXURE

(Please give replies against each item)

Item No,

1. Name of the undertaking with com- plete postal address, including tele- graphic addresses and telephone number.

2. Status of undertaking—

(i) Whether Central public sector/ State public sector/foreign majo- rity company/joint sector, etc.

(ii) If belongs to large industrial house, please indicate the con- trolling group; and if a foreign majority company, indicate the extent of foreign holding*.

(iii) Whether the undertaking is licensed/registered and if so, niame of licensing/registration authority and licence/registra- tion certificate numbers.

3. (a) Names of the workmen propos- ed to be retrenched and the nature of their duties, the units/ sections/shops where they are working and the wages drawn by them.

(b) Date of the notice of letrcnch- ment given to the workmen concerned under section 25F (a) and the dates on which the said notice was served on each workman concerned

4. Ttems of manufacture and scheduled industry/industries under which they fall.

5. Details relating to installed capacity, licensed capacity and the Utilised capacity.

6. (i) Annual production, item-wise for

preceding three years,

(ii) Production figures month-wise for the preceding twelve months.

7. Work in progress—item-wise and

valuetwise

8. Any arrangement regarding off-load- ing or sub-contracting of products or any components thereof.

9. Position of the order book—item- wise and value-wise for a period of six months, and one year next fol- lowing, and for the period after the expiry of the said one year.

10. Number of working days in a week with number of shifts per day and strength of worwmen per each shift.

11. Balance Sheet; profit and loss ac- count and audit reports for the last three year*.

12. Financial position of the company.

13. Names of the intor-connected com- panies or companies under the same management.

14. (i) The total number of workmen (category-wise), and the num- ber of employees other than workmen as defined in the In- dustrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), employed in the undertaking.

(ii)¹ Percentage of wages of workmen

to the total cost of production.

15. Administrative, general and selling cost in absolute terms per year for the last three years and percentage thereof to the total cost.

1f>. Details of retrenchment resorted to in the last three years, including the dates of retrenchment, the number of workmen involved in each case and the reasons therefor.

17. Has any of the retrenched workmen been given re-employment and if so, when? Giv0 details.

18. Arc seniority lists maintained in res- pect of the categories of workmen proposed to be retrenched and if so, the details and the position of the workmen affected indicating their length of service including broken periods of service.

19. Anticipated savings due to the pro-

posed retrenchment.

20. Any proposal for effecting savings

on account of reduction in— (i) managerial remuneration;

(ii) sales promotion cost; and

(iii) general administration expenses.

21. Position of stock on the last day of each of the months in the preceding twelve months,

22. Annual sales figures for the last three years and month-wise sales figures for the preceding twelve months—both item-wise and value- wise.

23. Reasons for the proposed retrench-

ment.

24. Any specific attempt made so far to avoid the proposed retrenchment.

25. Any other relevant factors with

details thereof,";

fe) after Form Q, the following forms shall bo inserted, namely :—•

"FORM QA (TO be submitted in triplicate).

[See rule 76C(1)]

Form of notice for pei mission of closure to he given by an employer under sub-section (1)

of section 25-0 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947)

Date

To

The Secretary to the Government of India,

Ministry of Labour,

New Delhi.

Sir,

Under section 25-C of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), T/wc hcicby inform you that I/we propose to close down the undertaking specified below of/ (name of 'the industrial establishment)

(Give details of the undertaking)

-with effect from

for the reasons explained in the Annexui e.

2. The number of workmen whose services will be terminated on account of the closure of the undertaking is (number of workmen).

3. Permission is solicited for the proposed closure.

4. f/we hereby declare that in the event of approval for the closure being gi anted, -every workman in the undertaking to whom sub-section (7) of the said section 25-O applies will be given notice and paid compensation as specified in section 25N of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) as if the workman had been retrenched under that section.

Yours faithfully,

(Signature)

ANNliXURli

(Please give replies against each item)

Item No.

1. N.imc of the industrial establishment with complete postal address, in- cludintr telegraphic addresses and telephone number.

2 Status of undertaking—

(i) Whether Central public sector/ State public sector/foreign majo- rity company/joint sector, etc.

(ii) If belongs to large industrial house, please indicate the con- trollirg group; and if a foreign m-ijority companv, indicate the extent of foreign holdings, (iii) Whether the undertaking is licensed /registered and if so, name of licensing/registration authoi ity and licence/registration ceitifkatc numbers.

3. The totfil number and categories of workmen effected bj the proposed closure, along with the addresses of the woikmcn and the details of wages drawn by them.

4. Tremj. of manufacture and scheduled inriusliy/industrics under which they fall.

5. Detail': elating to licensed capacity, installed LCipacity anJ the utilised capacitv.

6. (i) Annual production item-wise for

preceding three years

(ii) Production figures month-wise for the preceding twelve months.

7. Work in progress—item-wise and

value-wise.

8. Any arrangement regarding off-load- ing or sub-contracting of products or any component thereof.

9. Details of persons or the organisa- tions to whom the job/jobs is/are being entrusted—relationship/interest of fhe persons/oreanisations wflh the directoi/diicclors or the officer/offi- cers of the company.

10. Position of the order book—item-wise iind ''ikie-wiie for a pjriod of six months and one y;ar next following, and for thn period after the expiry of the saij one year.

11. Number of working days in a week with the number of shifts per day and the strength of workmen per each shift.

12. Balance sheet and profit and loss ac-

count and 'audit reports for t'ne last three years.

13. Financial position of the company.

14. (i) Names of interconnected company or companies under the same management.

(>ii) Details about intercorporate in- vestments and changes during the last one ytfar,

(iii) Interest of any of the directors/ officers of the undertaking pro- ducing same or similar type of product.

15. Percentage of wages of workmen to

t'ne total cost of production,

16. Administrate, general and selling cost in absolute terms per year for the last three yeais and percentage thereof to the total cost.

17. Inlvientory position—item-wise land value-wise for the preceding twelve months (Inventories to be shown in respect of finished products, compo- nents and raw-materials to be shown separately item-wise and value-wise).

"18. Selling arrangement for the last three years and any change in the selling arrangement in preceding twelve months.

19. Full details of the interests of the di- rectors and officers of the company in the organisations/persons involved in selling products of the undertak- ing.

20. Buying arrangements for raw mate-

rials and components.

21. Interests of the directors and officers with the organisations/persons involv- ed in buying raw materials and com- ponents for the undertaking.

22. Annual sales figures for the last t'hree years and monthwise sales figures for the preceding twelve months both item-wise and value-wise.

23. Reasons for the proposed closure.

24. Any specific attempts made so far to

avoid the closure.

25. Any other relevant factors with de-

tails thereof.

FORM QB ( TO be submitted in triplicate).

[See rule 76C(2)J

Form of application for permission to close down an undertaking in cases where at the

commencement of the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1976 (Ad 32 of 1976), the period of notice given under sub-section (1) of section 25FFA of intention to close down an undertaking has not expired

Date

To

The Secretary to the Government of India,

Ministry of Labour,

New Delhi.

Sir,

I/We have given notice on

.under sub-section (1) of section 25FFA of our intention to close down an, undertaking specified below of (name of industrial establishment)

(Give details of the undertaking)

(Attested copy of the notice is appended hereto).

2. The period of notice referred to above has not expired.

3. I/We hereby solicit permission to close down the said undertaking under sub- section (3) of section 25-O of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) for the reasons set out in the Annexure.

4. iyiWe hereby declare that in the event of permission for the closure being granted every workmen in the undertaking to whom, sub-section (7) of the said section 25-O applies, will be given notice and paid compensation as specified in section 25N of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) as if the workman had been retrenched under that section.

Yours faithfully,

(Signature)

ANNEXURE

(Please give replies against each item)

Item No.

1. Name of the industrial establishment with complete postal address, includ- ing tclegrap'ix addresses and tele- phone number.

2. Status of undertaking—

(i) Whether Central public sector/ State public sfctor/forcign ma- jority company/joint sector, etc.

(ii.) If belongs to a largo industrial bouse, please indicate the con- trolling group; and if a foreign majority company, indicate the extent of foreign hoMings.

(iii) Whether the undertaking is Ji- censcd/registered and if so, name of licencing/registration authority and licence/registration certificate numbers.

3. Date of the notice under sub-section (t) of section 25FPA and the date on which the said notice was served on the appropriate Government.

4. The total number and categories o< workmen affected by the proposed closure, along with the addresses of the workmen and the details of wages drawn by fticm.

5. Items of manufacture and scheduled industry/industries undsr which they fall.

6. Details relating to licensed capacity, installed capacity and the utilised capacity,

7, (i) Annual production item-wise foi

preceding three years.

(ii) Production figures month-wise for the preceding twelve months.

8t Work in progress—item-wise and

value-wise.

9. Any arrangement regarding off-load- ing or sub-contracting of products or any component thereof.

10. Details of persons or the organisa- tions to whom t'he job/jobs is/are being entrusted—relationship/interest of the pcrsons/organisatiora with the director/directors or the officer/offi- cers of the company.

H. Position of tbe ordor book—item-wise and value-wise; (or a period of six months, and one year next following, and for the period after the expiry of the said one year,

12. Number of working days in a week with foe number of shifts per day and the strength of workmen per each shift.

13. Balance sheet and profit and loss ac- count and audit reports for the last three years.

14. Financial position of the company, 15. (i) Names of any interconnected company or companies undei the same management.

(ii) Details about inter-corporate in- vestments and changes during the last one year.

(iii) Interest of any of the directors/ officers of fne undertaking pro- ducing game or similar type of product.

16. Percentage of wages of workmen to

the total cost of production.

17. Administrative, general and selling cost in absolute terms per year for the last three years and percentage thereof to the total cost.

18. Inventory position—item-wise and value-wise for the preceding twelve months (Inventories to be shown in respect of finished products, compo- nents and raw-materials to be shown separately item-wise and value-wise).

19. Selling arrangement for the last three years and any change in the selling arrangement in preceding twelve months.

20. Full details of tha interests of the directors and officers of the company in the organisations/persons involved in selling products of the undertak- ing.

21. Buying arrangements for raw mate-

rials and components.

22. Interests of the directors and officers with the organisations/persons invol- ved in buying raw materials and components for the undertaking. 23. Annual sales figures for the last three years and month-wise sales figures for the preceding twelve months, both item-wise and value-wise.

24. Reasons for the proposed closure.

25. Any specific attempts made so far to

avoid the closure.

26. Any other relevant factors with details

thereof."

[No. F. S. 65017/1/76/D.IA]

D. BANDYOPADHYAY, Jt. Secy.