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(1) Any woman claiming
that,---
(a) maternity benefit or any other amount to which she is entitled under this Chapter and any person
claiming that payment due under this Chapter has been improperly withheld;
(b) her employer has discharged or dismissed her during or on account of her absence from work in
accordance with the provisions of this Chapter,
may make a complaint to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(2) The Inspector-cum-Facilitator may, on receipt of a complaint referred to in sub-section (1), make
an inquiry or cause an inquiry to be made and if satisfied that---
(a) payment has been wrongfully withheld, may direct the payment to be made in accordance with
his order in writing;
(b) she has been discharged or dismissed during or on account of her absence from work in
accordance with the provisions of this Chapter,
may pass such orders as he deems just and proper according to the circumstances of the case.
(3) Any person aggrieved by the order of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator under sub-section (2) may,
within thirty days from the date on which such order is communicated to such person, appeal to the authority
prescribed by the appropriate Government.
(4) The decision of the authority referred to in sub-section (3), where an appeal has been preferred to it
under that sub-section or of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator where no such appeal has been preferred, shall
be final.