Delegation of power of Central Government under section 87(1) under Chapter XIII for filing complaints in the Courts for certain offences under the Industrial Relations Code 2020

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-08052026-272344 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2228] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026/VAISAKHA 18, 1948 MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th May, 2026 S.O. 2319(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 100 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020), the Central Government hereby directs that the powers exercisable by it under sub-section (1) of section 87 of the said Code shall, in respect of offences punishable under sub-sections (4), (6), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18) and (19) of section 86, be exercisable also by the Officers specified in column (2) of the Table below, in respect of industrial establishments or undertakings for which the Central Government is the appropriate Government under clause (b) of section 2 of the said Code, within the respective areas specified against each in column (3) of the said Table, namely:- TABLE +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sl. No. | Officers | Area | +========+=========================================================+=====================================================================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi | The whole of India. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The State of Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman | | | Ahmedabad Region | and Diu. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Ajmer | The State of Rajasthan. | | | Region | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The districts of Bardhaman East, Bardhaman West, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in | | | Asansol Region | the State of West Bengal. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The State of Karnataka. | | | Bengaluru Region | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The State of Odisha. | | | Bhubaneshwar Region | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The State of Maharashtra except the districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, | | | Mumbai Region | 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 (Central) in | The State of West Bengal except the districts of Bardhaman East, Bardhaman West, | | | Kolkata Region | Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia, the State of Sikkim and the Union territory of | | | | Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The State of Kerala and the Union territory of Lakshadweep and the district of | | | Cochin Region | Mahe in the Union territory of Puducherry. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Union territories of Jammu and | | | Chandigarh Region | Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The State of Jharkhand excluding the districts of Pakur, Latehar, Garhwa, Palamu, | | | Dhanbad Region | Sahibganj, Dumka and Godda. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 12. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal | | | Guwahati Region | Pradesh. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 13. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the area of Yanam of the Union | | | Hyderabad Region | territory of Puducherry. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 14. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The State of Madhya Pradesh. | | | Jabalpur Region | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 15. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The State of Uttar Pradesh except the districts of Saharanpur, Bijnaur, Meerut, | | | Kanpur Region | 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 (Central) in | The State of Uttarakhand and the districts of Saharanpur, Bijnaur, Meerut, | | | Dehradun Region | 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 (Central) in | The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of Puducherry except the districts | | | Chennai Region | of Mahe and Yanam. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, | | | Nagpur Region | Chandrapur, Beed, Gadchiroli, Nanded, Parbhani, Yavatmal, Osmanabad, Latur, | | | | Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 19. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | National Capital Territory of Delhi. | | | Delhi Region | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 20. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The State of Bihar and the districts of Gharwha, Latehar, Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, | | | Patna Region | Palamu and Godda in the State of Jharkhand. | +--------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 21. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in | The State of Chhattisgarh. | | | Raipur Region | | 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No. S-11025/09/2026-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.