“principal employer” means,—

(g) “principal employer” means,—
(i) in relation to any office or department of the Government or a local authority, the head of
that office, department or authority or such other officer as the Government or the local authority,
as the case may be, may specify in this behalf;
(ii) in relation to a factory, the owner or occupier of the factory and where a person has been
named as the manager of the factory under the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), the person so
named;
(iii) in relation to a mine, the owner or agent of the mine and where a person has been named
as the manager of the mine, the person so named;
(iv) in relation to any other establishment, any person responsible for the supervision and
control of the establishment.
Explanation.—For the purposes of sub-clause (iii) of this clause, the expressions “mine”,
“owner” and “agent” shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clause (j), clause (l)
and clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Mines Act,1952 (35 of 1952);