(1) The application for modification of existing standing orders shall be submitted electronically or in person or by speed post.

(2) The application specified in sub-rule (1) shall contain the particulars of such standing orders which are proposed to be modified along with a tabular statement containing details of each of the relevant provisions of standing order in force and proposed modifications therein, reasons thereof and the details of registered Trade Unions operating therein.

(3) The statement mentioned in sub-rule (2) shall be signed by a person authorised by the industrial establishment or undertaking or workers or a Trade Union or other representative body of the workers, as the case may be, who has submitted such application for modification.