Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
4. Conciliation officers
(1) The appropriate. government may, by notification in
the Official Gazette, appoint such number of persons, as it thinks fit to be
conciliation officers, charged with the duty of mediating in and promoting the
settlement of industrial disputes.
(2) A conciliation officer may be appointed for a specified area
or for specified industries in a specified area or for one or more. specified
industries and either permanently or for a limited period.