law: Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981 
  5. Duties of conciliation officers 
  (1) Where any dispute exists or is
  
  apprehended, the conciliation officer may hold conciliation proceedings in the
  
  prescribed manner.
  (2) The conciliation officer shall, for the
  
  purpose of bringing about a settlement of the dispute, without delay,
  
  investigate the dispute and all matters affecting the merits and the right
  
  settlement thereof and may do all such things as he thinks fit for the purpose
  
  of inducing the parties to come to a fair and amicable settlement of the
  
  dispute.
  (3) If a settlement of the dispute or of any
  
  of the matters in dispute is arrived at in the course of the conciliation
  
  proceedings, the conciliation officer shall send a report thereof to the
  
  Central Government together with a memorandum of the settlement signed by the
  
  parties to the dispute.
  (4) If no such settlement is arrived at, the
  
  conciliation officer shall, as soon as practicable, after the close of the
  
  investigation, send to the Central Government a full report setting forth the
  
  steps taken by him for ascertaining the facts and circumstances relating to the
  
  dispute and for bringing about a settlement thereof, together with a full
  
  statement of such facts and circumstances and the reasons on account of which,
  
  in his opinion, a settlement could not be arrived at.
  (5) If, on a consideration of the report
  
  referred to in sub-section (4), the Central Government is satisfied that there
  
  is a case for reference to a Tribunal, it may make such reference under section
  
  11 and where that Government does not make such a reference, it shall record
  
  and communicate to the parties concerned its reasons therefore.
  (6) A report under this section shall be
  
  submitted within three months of the commencement of the conciliation
  
  proceedings or within such shorter period as may be fixed by the Central
  
  Government:
  Provided  that, subject to the approval of the
  
  conciliation officer, the time for the submission of the report may be extended
  
  by such period as may be agreed upon in writing by all the parties to the
  
  dispute.