law: Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
  13. Duties of Board
  (1) Where a dispute has been referred to a Board under this Act,
  
  it shall be the duty of the Board to endeavor to bring about a settlement of
  
  the same and for this purpose the Board shall, in such manner as it thinks fit
  
  and without delay, investigate the dispute and all matters affecting the merit
  
  and the right settlement thereof and may do all such things as it thinks fit
  
  for the purpose of inducing the parties to come to a fair and amicable
  
  settlement of the dispute.
  (2) If a settlement of the dispute or of any of the matter in
  
  dispute is arrived at in the course of the conciliation proceedings, the Board
  
  shall send a report thereof to the appropriate government together with a
  
  memorandum of the settlement signed by the parties to the dispute.
  (3) If no such settlement is arrived at, the Board shall, as
  
  soon as practicable after the close of the investigation, send to the
  
  appropriate government a full report setting forth the proceedings and steps
  
  taken by the Board 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, its findings thereon, the reasons on
  
  account of which, in its opinion, a settlement could not be arrived at and its
  
  recommendations for the determination of the dispute.
  (4) If, on the receipt of a report under sub-section (3) in
  
  respect of a dispute relating to a public utility service, the appropriate
  
  government does not make a reference to a 86[Labor Court, Tribunal
  
  or National Tribunal] under section 10, it shall record and communicate to the
  
  parties concerned its reasons therefor.
  (5) The Board shall submit its report under this section within
  
  two months of the date 87[on which the dispute was referred to it]
  
  or within such shorter period as may be fixed by the appropriate government:
  PROVIDED  that the appropriate Government may from time
  
  to time extend the time for the submission of the report by such further
  
  periods not exceeding two months in the aggregate:
  PROVIDED FURTHER  that the time for the submission of the report
  
  may be extended by such period as may be agreed on in writing by all the
  
  parties to the dispute.