Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
33A. Special provision for adjudication as to
whether conditions of service, etc, changed during pendency of proceedings
Where an employer contravenes the provisions of section 33
during the pendency of proceedings 102[before a conciliation officer,
Board, an arbitrator, Labor Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal] any employee
aggrieved by such contravention, may make a complaint in writing 152[in
the prescribed manner-
(a) to such conciliation officer or Board, and the conciliation
officer or Board shall take such complaint into account in mediating in, and
promoting the settlement of, such industrial dispute; and
(b) to such arbitrator, Labor Court, Tribunal or National
Tribunal and on receipt of such complaint, the arbitrator, Labor Court, Tribunal
or National Tribunal, as the case may be, shall adjudicate upon the complaint
as if it were a dispute referred to or pending before it, in accordance with
the provisions of this Act and shall submit his or its award to the appropriate
government and the provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly.]