Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
9A. Notice of change
No employer, who proposes to effect any change in the conditions
of service applicable to any workman in respect of any matter specified in the
Fourth Schedule, shall effect such change,-
(a) without giving to the workmen likely to be affected by such
change a notice in the prescribed manner of the nature of the change proposed
to be effected; or
(b) within twenty-one days of giving such notice:
PROVIDED that no notice shall be required for effecting
any such change-
(a) where the change is effected in pursuance of any 61[
settlement or award]; or
(b) where the workmen likely to be affected by the change are
persons to whom the Fundamental and Supplementary Rules, Civil Services
(Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, Civil Services (Temporary Service)
Rules, Revised Leave Rules, Civil Services Regulations, Civilians in Defense
Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules or the Indian Railway
Establishment Code or any other rules or regulations that may be notified in
this behalf by the appropriate Government in the Official Gazette, apply.]