Notice of dismissal

(1) No employer shall dispense with the service of an employee employeed continuously for a period of not less than six months, except for a reasonable cause and without giving such employee at least one month’s notice or wages in lieu of such notice, provided however that such notice shall not be necessary where the services of such employee are dispensed with on a charge of mis-conduct supported by ‘satisfactory evidence recorded at an inquiry held for the purpose. (ii) Any employee whose services are dispensed with, may appeal to such authority and within such time as may be prescribed either on the ground that there was no reasonable cause for dispensing with his services or on the ground that he has not been guilty of misconduct as held by the employer. (iii) The appellate authority may, after giving notice in the prescribed manner to the employer and the employee, disinise the appeal or direct the rein-statement of the employee with or without wages for the period he was kept out of employment or direct payment of compensation without rein-statement or grant such other relief as it may fit in the circumstances of the case. (iv) In directing the rein Statement of an employee the appellate authority shall also direct the payment of such amount of compensation as may be specified by him in case the employer fails to reinstate the employee in accordance with the directions. (v) The decisions of the appellate authority shall be final and binding on both the parties, not be liable to be questioned in any court of law, and be given effect to within such time as may be specified in the order of the appellate authority. (vi) Any compensation required to be paid by the employer under sub-sections (3) and (4) but not paid him, shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue under the provisions of the Revenue Recovery Act.. 1990 (Act 1of 1890) for the time being in enforce. (1) All sums received on account of fines and the unclaimed proceeds of the sale of cattle shall be credited to the funds of local authority or where their is not Town Committee oi Village Council in such manner as the Government may from time to time, direct. (2) The salaries allowed to pound-keepers and the expenses incurred for the construction and maintenance of pounds oi for any other purpose connected with the carrying out of the provisions of this Act shall be paid by the local authority.