The ideal form of dispute resolution is mediation and conciliation. Through mediation and counselling, large number of pre-litigative cases can be settled and thereby mounting arrears of cases can be reduced in Court of Law. Conciliation is essentially a consensual process and is achieved through the technique of mediation. Counselling and Conciliation centers have been set up in the Office of the State Authority, District Authorities and Sub-Divisional Committees to encourage the settlement of dispute by way of negotiation and conciliation.

Any person can apply for counselling and conciliation of pre-litigative disputes in prescribed form, supplied free of cost, to the Member Secretary of the Authorities/Committees. While the counselling and conciliation center functions from 3 pm. to 5 pm. in the office of the District Authorities and Sub-Divisional Committees, the said activity is carried out in State Authority’s office from 2 pm. to 5 pm.

Judicial Officers, Advocates, Resource Persons as well as eminent Women Social activists act as the conciliators in the centres.

Total number of cases taken up and amicably settled were as under.