law: Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
  3. Submission of draft standing orders
  (1) Within six months from the date on which this Act becomes
  
  applicable to an industrial establishment, the employer shall submit to the
  
  Certifying Officer five copies of the draft standing orders proposed by him for
  
  adoption in his industrial establishment.
  (2) Provision shall be made in such draft for every matter set
  
  out in the Schedule which may be applicable to the industrial establishment,
  
  and where model standing orders have been prescribed, shall be, so far as is
  
  practicable, in conformity with such model.
  (3) The draft standing orders submitted under this section shall
  
  be accompanied by a statement giving prescribed particulars of the workmen
  
  employed in the industrial establishment including the name of the trade union,
  
  if any, to which they belong.
  (4) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, a group of
  
  employers in similar industrial establishments may submit a joint draft of
  
  standing orders under this section.
  Comment: The Act does not say that on such
  
  certification, the Standing Orders acquire statutory effect or become part of
  
  the statute. It can certainly not be suggested that by virtue of certification,
  
  they get metamorphosed into delegated/subordinate legislation. Though these
  
  Standing Orders are undoubtedly binding upon both the employer and the
  
  employees and constitute the conditions of service of the employees, it appears
  
  difficult to say, on principle, that they have statutory force. The Rajasthan
  
  State Road Transport Corporation and another etc. etc., Appellants v.  Krishna Kant., 
  
  AIR 1995 SUPREME COURT 1715