Application for prior permission for lay-off, retrenchment or closure, establishments with 300 or more workers
A single format from the Lay-off pack. ss.77 to 82, IR Code 2020 · Form-XIV, IR (Central) Rules 2026 · deemed permission after 60 days.
- 15 pages
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- Word and PDF
- 30 October 2026
- 30 October 2026
What it covers
- 1Application for prior permission for lay-off, retrenchment or closure, establishments with 300 or more workersss.77 to 82, IR Code 2020 · Form-XIV, IR (Central) Rules 2026 · deemed permission after 60 days
Not included
What you will still need outside this format:
- Retrenchment notices to workers, the Form-XIII notice to the Government and the LIFO board resolution: see Exit and IR Formats (FV10-I13).
- Notice of closure under section 74 for an establishment below 300 workers.
- The State's own permission form and lead times where the State has notified rules under the Code; this pack gives the content of Form-XIV.
- Notice of change under section 40 where the action alters conditions of service: see Exit and IR Formats (FV10-I13).
- Representation at the hearing before the appropriate Government or a Tribunal, and advice on a disputed lay-off, which need counsel.
Read the opening
The first part of the format, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.
Chapter X establishments only: a factory, mine or plantation, not seasonal, that employed 300 or more workers (or the higher number notified) on an average per working day in the preceding twelve months. Nothing is done to the workers until permission is granted or deemed granted
This format contains the timetable (Part 1), the board resolution approving the application (Part 2), the covering letter (Part 3), the application with its annexures (Part 4), the letter serving the copy on the workers or their representatives (Part 5), the letter recording deemed permission (Part 6) and the application for review (Part 7). Make one application for each action. Where permission is granted for a retrenchment, serve each worker the three months' notice using the "Notice of retrenchment" in the Exit and IR formats, record any departure from last in, first out with the "Board resolution approving a retrenchment and recording reasons for departure from LIFO", and deal with the re-skilling contribution using the "Letter to the State labour department seeking directions on the worker re-skilling fund" where no fund has been constituted. For a lay-off that is permitted, compute compensation with the "Notice of lay-off and lay-off compensation computation" in this pack.