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IR Central Rules Rule 16
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The Industrial Relations (Central) Rules, 2026

Rule 16 Serving of order and text of standing orders

Chapter
IV · Standing Orders
Text as on
As notified 08 May 2026
16. Serving of order and text of standing orders. - (1) The order of the appellate authority shall be served electronicallyDefined in rule 2(b): electronically means any information submitted by email or uploading on the official portal or digital payment in any mode for the purposes of the Code or otherwise within three days of the disposal of appeal to the employer or Trade Union or the negotiating
union or negotiating council or any union or representative body of the workers, as the case may be, by whom the appeal has been filed.
(2) The text of the standing orders as finally certified or deemed to have been certified or adopted model standing orders under this Chapter, shall be maintained by the employer in Hindi, English and local language.
(3) The certified standing orders shall be displayed in legible manner by the employer on the special board to be maintained for the purpose at the entrance or near the entrance of the industrial establishment through which majority of workers enter and may also be posted on the designated portal/website, if any, of such industrial establishment.