Section 2(3) · Section 2 (3)

"appropriate Government" means-
(a) in relation to any establishment carried on by or under the authority of the Central Government or any such controlled industry as may be specified by the Central Government by notification in this behalf, or railways including metro railways, mines, oil fields, major ports, air transport services, telecommunications, banking and insurance company or an establishment of a corporation or other authority established by a Central Act or Central Public Sector Undertakings or subsidiary companies established by Central Public Sector Undertakings or subsidiary companies established by a principal undertaking or autonomous body owned or controlled by the Central Government, as the case may be, including the establishment of contractors for the purposes of such establishment, corporation or other authority or Central Public Sector Undertaking, subsidiary companies or autonomous body or any company in which not less than fifty-one per cent of the paid-up share capital is held by the Central Government, or the Central Government in relation to any establishment having departments or branches in more than one State; and
(b) in relation to any other establishment, means the State Government. Explanation 1.- For the purposes of this clause, the expression "metro railway" means the metro railway as defined in sub-clause (i) of clause (1) of section 2 of the Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002.
Explanation 2.- For the purposes of this clause, the Central Government shall continue to be the appropriate Government for the Central Public Sector Undertakings, notwithstanding that the holding of the Central Government in that public sector undertaking after the commencement of this Code is less than fifty per cent of the equity shares;