law: Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
  4. Conciliation officers
  (1) The appropriate. government may, by notification in
  
  the Official Gazette, appoint such number of persons, as it thinks fit to be
  
  conciliation officers, charged with the duty of mediating in and promoting the
  
  settlement of industrial disputes.
  (2) A conciliation officer may be appointed for a specified area
  
  or for specified industries in a specified area or for one or more. specified
  
  industries and either permanently or for a limited period.