Ministry of Home Affairs UT DIVISION

Delegation of power under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020).

Issue Date: 03 January 2026 Published: 03 January 2026

Gazette ID: CG-DL-E-03012026-269091 Download PDF

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Core Purpose

The President directs the Administrators or Lieutenant Governors of specified Union Territories to exercise the powers and functions of the appropriate Government or State Government under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Home Affairs, via Notification S.O. 27(E) dated 2nd January, 2026, announced that the President, in pursuance of clause (1) of article 239 of the Constitution, has directed the Administrators or Lieutenant Governors of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir to exercise the powers and discharge the functions of the appropriate Government or State Government under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020). This directive applies to areas where these Union Territories are required to function as the appropriate Government or State Government, subject to the control of the President and until further orders. This notification supersedes previous notifications S.O. 272(E) dated 16th January, 2023, S.O. 2749(E) dated 22nd June, 2023, and S.O. 2751(E) dated 22nd June, 2023, with an exception for actions done or omitted prior to such supersession. The notification was issued by Praveen Kumar Rai, Joint Secretary.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-03012026-269091 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 27] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 2026/PAUSHA 13, 1947 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2nd January, 2026 S.O. 27(E). In pursuance of clause (1) of article 239 of the Constitution and in supersession of the notification numbers S.O. 272(E), dated the 16th January, 2023, S.O. 2749(E), dated the 22nd June, 2023 and S.O. 2751 (E), dated the 22nd June, 2023, except as respects things to be done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby directs that the Administrator or Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir shall, subject to the control of the President and until further orders, exercise the powers and discharge the functions of the appropriate Government or State Government under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), for the areas where the said Union territories are required to function as the appropriate Government or State Government. [F. No. U-11030/1/2021-UTL] PRAVEEN KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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