Appointing Officers to impose penalty under section 85(1) of the Industrial Relations Code 2020

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-08052026-272347 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2227] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026/VAISAKHA 18, 1948 [F. No. S-11025/11/2026-IR(PL)] MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th May, 2026 S.O. 2318(E). - In pursuance of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 85 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020), the Central Government hereby appoints the following officers specified in column (2) of the Table, for holding inquiry and for imposing penalty under sub-sections (3), (5), (10), (11) and (20) of section 86 of the said Code, in respect of the industrial establishments for which the Central Government is the appropriate Government, within the areas specified against them in column (3) of the said Table, namely:- TABLE +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | Sl. No. | Officers | Areas | +========+=============================================================+=======================================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | All Regional Labour Commissioners | The whole of India. | | | (Central), in the office of Chief Labour | | | | Commissioner (Central), New Delhi | | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | All Regional Labour Commissioners | The State of Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and| | | (Central) in Ahmedabad Region | Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | All Regional Labour Commissioners | The State of Rajasthan. | | | (Central) in Ajmer Region | | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | All Regional 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 Regional Labour Commissioners | The State of Karnataka. | | | (Central) in Bengaluru Region | | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | All Regional Labour Commissioners | The State of Odisha. | | | (Central) in Bhubaneshwar Region | | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | All Regional Labour Commissioners | The State of Maharashtra except the districts of Nagpur,| | | (Central) in Mumbai Region | 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 Regional Labour Commissioners | The State of West Bengal except the districts of | | | (Central) in Kolkata Region | Bardhaman East, Bardhaman West, Birbhum, Bankura | | | | and Purulia, the State of Sikkim and the Union territory| | | | of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. | All Regional 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 Regional Labour Commissioners | The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and | | | (Central) in Chandigarh Region | Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and | | | | Chandigarh. | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | All Regional Labour Commissioners | The State of Jharkhand excluding the districts of Pakur,| | | (Central) in Dhanbad Region | Latehar, Garhwa, Palamu, Sahibganj, Dumka and Godda. | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 12. | All Regional Labour Commissioners | The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, | | | (Central) in Guwahati Region | Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 13. | All Regional 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 Regional Labour Commissioners | The State of Madhya Pradesh. | | | (Central) in Jabalpur Region | | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 15. | All Regional 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 Regional Labour Commissioners | The State of Uttarakhand and the districts of Saharanpur,| | | (Central) in Dehradun Region | 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 Regional 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 Regional 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 Regional Labour Commissioners | National Capital Territory of Delhi. | | | (Central) in Delhi Region | | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 20. | All Regional Labour Commissioners | The State of Bihar and the districts of Gharwha, Latehar,| | | (Central) in Patna Region | Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the | | | | State of Jharkhand. | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 21. | All Regional Labour Commissioners | The State of Chhattisgarh. | | | (Central) in Raipur Region | | +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ [F. 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