 the industrial disputes (appellate tribunal) amend:ment bill, 1955-(as introduced in lok sabha) (c) and dispose of the same himself sitting singly or authorise any member to dispose of the same sitting singly or transfer the same to anyone of the other industrial tribunals so specified (2) where the chairman or any member sits singly to dispose 5 of any proceeding under this section he shall have all the powers of the appellate tribunal in the disposal of the proceedinw· (3) where any proceeding is transfen:ed to an industrial tribunal under this section, the industrial tribunal may, il subject to any special directions in the order of transfer, proceed either de novo or from the stage at which it was transferred, and shall dispose of the proceeding as if it were a proceeding under section 33 or, as the case may be, section ::i3a of the industrial disputes act, 1947 and the provisions is xiv of 1947 of that act shall apply accordingly (4) notwithstanding anything contained in section 7, no appeal shall lie to the appellate tribunal from any order or award of an industrial tribunal made in any proceeding transferred 'to it under this section" 20 3 (1) the industrial disputes (appellate tribunal) amendment ordinance, 1955 is hereby repealed 3 of 19s5 rep:al of ordinance 3 of 195$ ~) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken in the exercise of any power conferred by or under the said  ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken in the 25 exercise of the powers conferred by or under this act as if this act were in force on the day on which such thing was done or action was taken  statement of objects and reasonsa large number of applications under sections 22 and 23 of the industrial disputes (appellate tribunal) act, 1950, are filed by employers and employees during the pendency of appeals members of the appellate tribunal have to spend a considerable amount of· time in disposing of these applications which usually relate to cases of individual workmen and do not involve any major questions of law or principle employers and workmen have frequently complained that there have been delays in the disposal of these applications owing to the preoccupation of the appellate tribunal with its more important work of hearing appeals with a view to giving relief to the appellate tribunal and ensuring expeditious disposal of the applications, it is proposed to amend the act so as to empower the chairman, labour appellate tribunal, to transfer such applications to the industrial tribunals constituted  under the industrial disputes act, 1947, to be designated by the central government it is also propose4 to empower the chairman or any other member specially authorised in this behalf by the chairman, to dispose of sitting singly, applications nndel' rection 22 or rection 23 the bill seeks to give effect to the changes mentioned above  khandu bhai desa rnew delhi; the 28th july, 1955 a bill to amend the industrial disputes (appellate tribunal) act, 1950•  (shri khandubhai k desai, minister of labour) gipd-lad-s71 ls-3-8-ss-17,a 