law: Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
  5. Boards of Conciliation
  (1) The appropriate government may as occasion arises by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette constitute a Board of Conciliation for
  
  promoting the settlement of an industrial dispute.
  (2) A Board shall consist of a Chairman and two or four other
  
  members, as the appropriate government thinks fit.
  (3) The Chairman shall be an independent person and the other
  
  members shall be persons appointed in equal numbers to represent the parties to
  
  the dispute and any person appointed to represent a party shall be appointed on
  
  the recommendation of that party:
  PROVIDED  that, if any party fails to make a
  
  recommendation as aforesaid within the prescribed time, the appropriate
  
  government shall appoint such persons as it thinks fit to represent that party.
  (4) A Board, having the prescribed quorum, may act notwithstanding
  
  the absence of the Chairman or any of its members or any vacancy in its number:
  PROVIDED  that, if the appropriate government notifies
  
  the Board that the services of the Chairman or of any other member have ceased
  
  to be available, the Board shall not act until a new Chairman or member, as the
  
  case may be, has been appointed.