16 Time Limit for Completion of Mediation/Conciliation

Time Limit for Completion of Mediation/Conciliation

16. On the expiry of ninety days from the date fixed for the first appearance of the parties before the mediator/conciliator, the mediation/conciliation shall stand terminated, unless the Central Government or the Tribunal or the Appellate Tribunal, which referred the matter, either suo motu, or upon request by any of the parties, and upon hearing all the parties, is of the view that extension of time is necessary or may be useful; but such extension shall not be beyond a further period of thirty days.