3. References of certain authorities and officers of industrial establishments under the Code.–

(1) The reference to the Central Government or the Government of India, in relation to an industrial dispute in respect of a Union territory

without legislature, shall be construed as a reference to the Administrator of such Union territory, for which the appropriate Government is the Central Government; and the reference to the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) and the Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central) shall be construed as reference to the respective appropriate authority, appointed in that behalf by the Administrator of that Union territory.

(2) For the purposes of these rules, with reference to clause (m) of section 2 of the Code, it is hereby specified that—

(a) in relation to an industry, not being an industry referred to in sub clause (ii) thereof, carried on by or under the authority of a Ministry or Department of the Central Government or a State Government, the officer-incharge of the industrial establishment shall be the employer in respect of that establishment; and

(b) in relation to an industry concerning railways, carried on by or under the authority of a Ministry or Department of the Central Government,—

(i) the General Manager thereof shall be the employer in respect of regular railway servants other than casual labour in the case of an establishment of a Zonal Railway;

(ii) the Officer-in-charge of the establishment shall be the employer in respect of regular railway servants other than casual labour in the case of an establishment independent of a Zonal Railway; and

(iii) the District Officer-in-charge or the Divisional Personnel Officer or the Personnel Officer, as the case may be, shall be the employer in respect of casual labour employed on Zonal Railway or any other railway establishment independent of a Zonal Railway.