Amendment of section 2A

In the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), section 2A shall be numbered as sub-section

1. (1) thereof and after the sub-section, as so numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything in section 10, any such workman as is specified in sub-section
3. (1) may make an application in the prescribed manner direct to the Labour Court for adjudication of the dispute referred to therein; and on receipt of such application, the Labour Court shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate upon any matter in the dispute, as if it were a dispute referred to or pending before it, in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and accordingly all the provisions of this Act, shall apply in relation to such dispute as they apply in relation to any other industrial dispute.