Kerala Gazette No 48 dated 4th December 2007 .
PART I
Section iv GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Labour and Rehabilitation ( B ) Department
NOTIFICATION
G.O. (Rt .) No. 3027/2007/LBR .
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 10th October 2007.
S.R.O. No. 1013/ 2007. -In exercise of the powers conferred by section 87 of the Employees Stato Inturance Act. 1948 (Central Act 34 of 1918) read with Section 91 -A thereof, the Government of Kerala in consultation with the Employees State Insurance Corporation hereby exempt the Kerala Books and Publications Society , Kakkanad P.O., Kochi - 682 030, Ernakulam , Kerala from the operation of the provisions ofthe said Act for a period of one year from 1st April , 2005 to 3let March, 2006 subject to the following conditions , namely:
(1 ) The society shall maintain register showing the names and designations of its employees ;
(2) Notwithstanding this exemption , the employees shall continue to receive such benefits under the said Act to which they might have become entitled to on the basis of the contributions paid prior to the date from which exemption granted by this notification operates ;
(3) The contribution for the exempted period if already paid , shall not be refunded;
(4) The society shall submit in respect of the period during which it was subject to the operation of the said Act (hereinafter referred to as the said period ) , such returns in such form and containing such particulars as were due from it in respect of the said period under the Employees ' State Lasurance (General ) Regulations, 1950;
(5) Any Inspector appointedby the Corporation under sub -section ( 1 ) of section 45 of the said Act, or other official of the Corporation authorised in this behalf shall for the purpose of-
(i) verifying the particulars contained in any retura submitted under sab -section ( 1 ) of section 44 of the said Act ; or
(ii) ascertaining whether registers and records were maintained as requiredby the Employees' State Insurance (General ) Regulations , 1950, for the said period ; or
1124/2007/G (iii) ascertaining whether the employees continue to be entitled to the benefits provided by the employer in cash and kind being benefits in considerations of which exemption is being granted under this notification ; or
(iv) ascertaining whether any of the provisions of the said Act had been complied with during the period when such provisions were in force in relation to the said society be empowered to-
(a) require the society to furnish aa he may consider necessary ; or to him such information (b) enter any factory , establishment , office or other premises occupied by the said society at any reasonable time and require any person found in charge thereof to produce to such Inspector or other official and allow him to examine such documents , books and other documents , relating to the employment or persons and payment of wages or to furnish to him such information as he may consider necessary; or (c) examine the officers of the socicty servants of the said establishment or any person found in such factory, establishment , office or other premises or any person whom the said Inspector or other official has reasonable cause to believe to have been an employee ; or
(d) make copies of or take extracts from any register , account in such society , books or other documents maintained office or other premises of the said society.
By order of the Governor,
C. MOHANAN,
Additional Secretary to Government.
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification , but is intended to indicate its general purport.)
The Managing Director , Kerala Books and Publications Society, Kakkanad P.O , Kochi - 682 030 , Ernakulam, Kerala has requested the Government to exempt the society from the provisions of the Employces State Insurance Act , 1948 for the period from 1st April , 2005 to 31st March, 2006.
State exempt In consultation with the Regional Director , Employees ' Insurance Corporation , Thrissur, Goverament have decided to the said society from the provisions of said Act for a periol of onc year from 1st April, 2005to 31st March , 2005.
This notification is intended to achieve the above purpose.