The Industrial Disputes (Lakshadweep) Amendment Regulation, 2025

1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Industrial Disputes (Lakshadweep) Amendment Regulation, 2025.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2, after clause (p), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(pp) “State Government” means the Administrator of the Union territory of Lakshadweep appointed by the President under article 239 of the

Amendment of section 22 In section 22 of the principal Act,—

1. (a) in sub-section (1),—
   • (i) for the words “in a public utility service”, the words “in any industrial establishment or a public utility service” shall be substituted;
   • (ii) in clause (a), for the words “six weeks”, the words “sixty days” shall be substituted;
2. (b) in sub-section (2),—
   • (i) for the words “No employer carrying on any public utility service”, the words “No employer of any industrial establishment, or carrying on any public utility service” shall be substituted;
   • (ii) in clause (a), for the words “six weeks”, the words “sixty days” shall be substituted;
3. (c) in sub-section (3), for the words “public utility service” at both the places where they occur, the words “industrial establishment or public utility service” shall be substituted.

In section 25K of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words “one hundred workmen”, the words “three hundred workmen” shall be substituted.