Notification i.r.o. Sub section 1 of section 56 of the Code on Wages, 2019

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-14052026-272564 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2363] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026/VAISAKHA 22, 1948 [F. No. P-11011/06/2026-WC] MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th May, 2026 S.O. 2455(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 56 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019), the Central Government hereby specifies the officers mentioned in column (2) of the Table below to compound the offences punishable with imprisonment only, or with imprisonment and also with fine under the said section, in relation to which the Central Government is the appropriate Government, within the respective jurisdiction specified against them in column (3) of the said Table thereof, namely:- TABLE +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SI. | Officers | Jurisdiction | | No. | (2) | (3) | | (1) | | | +=====+=======================================================================+================================================================================================================================================================================+ | 1. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central), office of Chief | The whole of India. | | | Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi | | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Ahmedabad Region | The State of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Ajmer Region | The State of Rajasthan. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Asansol Region | The civil districts of Bardhaman-East, Bardhaman-West, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Bengaluru Region | The State of Karnataka. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Bhubaneshwar Region | The State of Odisha. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Chandigarh Region | The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Chennai Region | The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of Puducherry (except Yanam and Mahe districts). | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Cochin Region | The State of Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep and Mahe district in the Union territory of Puducherry. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Dehradun Region | The State of Uttarakhand and civil districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Amroha, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Sambhal, | | | | Badaun, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Buddha Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Dhanbad Region | The following districts of the State of Jharkhand- Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Ranchi, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, Chatra, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Giridih, | | | | Ramgarh, Khunti, Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan) and Jamtara. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 12. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Guwahati Region | The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 13. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Hyderabad Region | The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the area of Yanam district in the Union territory of Puducherry. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 14. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Jabalpur Region | The State of Madhya Pradesh. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 15. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Kanpur Region | The State of Uttar Pradesh [except the civil districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, Moradabad, Amroha, Sambhal, | | | | Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Buddha Nagar]. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 16. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Kolkata Region | The State of West Bengal (except the civil districts of 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. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 17. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Mumbai Region | The State of Maharashtra (except the civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Beed, Amaravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Nanded, Gadchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, | | | | Yeotmal, Dharashiv, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim) and the State of Goa. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Nagpur Region | The civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amaravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Nanded, Gadchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, Yeotmal, Dharashiv, Gondia, | | | | Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 19. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Delhi Region | National Capital Territory of Delhi. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 20. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Patna Region | The State of Bihar and the civil districts of Garhwa, Latehar, Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the State of Jharkhand. | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 21. | Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Raipur Region | The State of Chhattisgarh. | 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No. P-11011/06/2026-WC] TEJASWI S. NAIK, 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. SARVESH KUMARDESH SRIVASTAVA Date: 20:26.05.14 22:00:58+0530