9C. Setting up of Grievance Redressal Machinery.—

(1) Every industrial establishment  employing twenty or more workmen shall have one or more Grievance Redressal Committee for the  resolution of disputes arising out of individual grievances. 

(2) The Grievance Redressal Committee shall consist of equal number of members from the  employer and the workmen. 

(3) The chairperson of the Grievance Redressal Committee shall be selected from the employer and  from among the workmen alternatively on rotation basis every year. 

(4) The total number of members of the Grievance Redressal Committee shall not exceed more than  six: 

Provided that there shall be, as far as practicable, one woman member if the Grievance Redressal  Committee has two members and in case the number of members are more than two, the number of women  members may be increased proportionately. 

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the setting up of Grievance Redressal  Committee shall not affect the right of the workman to raise industrial dispute on the same matter under  the provisions of this Act. 

(6) The Grievance Redressal Committee may complete its proceedings within thirty days on receipt  of a written application by or on behalf of the aggrieved party. 

(7) The workman who is aggrieved of the decision of the Grievance Redressal Committee may  prefer an appeal to the employer against the decision of Grievance Redressal Committee and the  employer shall, within one month from the date of receipt of such appeal, dispose off the same and send  a copy of his decision to the workman concerned. 

(8) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to the workmen for whom there is an established  Grievance Redressal Mechanism in the establishment.

3. Ins. by Act 46 of 1982, s. 7 (w.e.f. 21-8-1984).