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The Central Government specifies officers to exercise functions relating to the composition of offences under sub-section (1) of section 89 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, for industrial establishments where the Central Government is the appropriate authority.

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The Ministry of Labour and Employment, through Notification S.O. 2317(E) dated 8th May, 2026, exercised powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 89 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020), to specify officers responsible for the composition of offences. These functions apply to industrial establishments for which the Central Government is the appropriate Government. The notification details a table listing 21 categories of officers, primarily Additional Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central), and their respective geographical jurisdictions. The Additional Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in the office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi, are assigned jurisdiction over the whole of India. Other Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) are assigned specific states, union territories, and districts, such as the State of Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for the Ahmedabad Region, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi for the Delhi Region. Several regions have exclusions for specific districts within states, for instance, the Mumbai Region covers Maharashtra except for nineteen specified districts, and the Kolkata Region covers West Bengal except for five specified districts.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-08052026-272342 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2226] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026/VAISAKHA 18, 1948 [F. No. S-11025/10/2026-IR(PL)] MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th May, 2026 S.O. 2317(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 89 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020), the Central Government hereby specifies the following officers in column (2) of the Table to exercise the functions relating to composition of offences under the said section in respect of industrial establishments for which the Central Government is the appropriate Government, within the areas specified against each in column (3) of the said Table, namely: - TABLE +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | Sl. No. | Officers | Area | +=======+=======================================================+=======================================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | Additional Chief Labour Commissioner | The whole of India. | | | (Central) and All Deputy Chief Labour | | | | Commissioners (Central) in the office of Chief | | | | Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi | | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra | | | (Central) in Ahmedabad Region | and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Rajasthan. | | | (Central) in Ajmer Region | | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The districts of Bardhaman East, Bardhaman West, | | | (Central) in Asansol Region | Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West | | | | Bengal | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Karnataka. | | | (Central) in Bengaluru Region | | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Odisha. | | | (Central) in Bhubaneshwar Region | | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Maharashtra except the districts of | | | (Central) in Mumbai Region | Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, | | | | Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Gadchiroli, | | | | Nanded, Parbhani, Yavatmal, Osmanabad, Latur, | | | | Gondia, Washim and Hingoli and the State of Goa. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 8. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of West Bengal except the districts of | | | (Central) in Kolkata Region | Bardhaman East, Bardhaman West, Birbhum, | | | | Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, the | | | | State of Sikkim and the Union territory of Andaman | | | | and Nicobar Islands. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Kerala and the Union territory of | | | (Central) in Cochin Region | Lakshadweep and the district of Mahe in the Union | | | | territory of Puducherry. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 10. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana | | | (Central) in Chandigarh Region | and Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh | | | | and Chandigarh. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Jharkhand excluding the districts of | | | (Central) in Dhanbad Region | Pakur, Latehar, Garhwa, Palamu, Sahibganj, Dumka | | | | and Godda. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 12. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, | | | (Central) in Guwahati Region | Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 13. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the | | | (Central) in Hyderabad Region | area of Yanam of the Union territory of Puducherry. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 14. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Madhya Pradesh. | | | (Central) in Jabalpur Region | | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 15. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Uttar Pradesh except the districts of | | | (Central) in Kanpur Region | Saharanpur, Bijnaur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, | | | | Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Bareilly, Moradabad, | | | | Badaun, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, | | | | Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and | | | | Gautam Budh Nagar. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 16. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Uttarakhand and the districts of | | | (Central) in Dehradun Region | Saharanpur, Bijnaur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, | | | | Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Bareilly, Moradabad, | | | | Badaun, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, | | | | Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and | | | | Gautam Budh Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 17. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of | | | (Central) in Chennai Region | Puducherry except the districts of Mahe and Yanam. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 18. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amravati, | | | (Central) in Nagpur Region | Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, | | | | Gadchiroli, Nanded, Parbhani, Yavatmal, | | | | Osmanabad, Latur, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in | | | | the State of Maharashtra. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 19. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | National Capital Territory of Delhi. | | | (Central) in Delhi Region | | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 20. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Bihar and the districts of Gharwha, | | | (Central) in Patna Region | Latehar, Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and | | | | Godda in the State of Jharkhand. | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 21. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners | The State of Chhattisgarh. | | | (Central) in Raipur Region | | +-------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. S-11025/10/2026-IR(PL)] DEEPIKA KACHHAL, 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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