Section 68(4) in The Orissa Industrial Disputes Rules, 1959
(4)Where the total number of names received by the employer under Sub-rule (1) exceeds the maximum number of protected workmen admissible for the establishment under Sub-section (4) of Section 33, the employer shall recognise as protected workmen only such maximum number of workmen:Provided that where there is more than one registered trade union in the establishment, the maximum number shall be so distributed by the employer among the union that the numbers of recognised protected workmen in individual unions-bear roughly the same proportion to one another as the membership figures of the unions. The employer shall in that case intimate in writing to the President or the Secretary of the union the number of protected workmen allotted to it :Provided further that where the number of protected workmen allotted to a union under this sub-rule falls short of the member of officers of the union seeking protection, the union shall be entitled to select the officers to be recognised as protected workmen. Such selection shall be made by the union and communicated to the employer within five days of the receipt of the employer's letter.
