Notification i.r.o. Section 53 of the Code on Wages, 2019

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-14052026-272565 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2364] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026/VAISAKHA 22, 1948 [F. No. P-11011/07/2026-WC] TEJASWI S. NAIK, Jt. Secy. MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th May, 2026 S.O. 2456(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by section 53 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019), the Central Government hereby appoints the officers mentioned in column (2) of the Table below for the purpose of holding enquiry and to impose the penalty as he may think fit, in relation to the establishment for which Central Government is the appropriate government, in the area specified against them in column (3) thereof, 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, Dharashiv, 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 area | | | (Central) in Hyderabad Region | 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, Amroha, | | | | Sambhal, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, | | | | Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Buddha 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, Amroha, Pilibhit, | | | | Shahjahanpur, Sambhal, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli | | | | and Gautam Buddha 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, Dharashiv, | | | | 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 Garhwa, 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. No. P-11011/07/2026-WC] TEJASWI S. NAIK, Jt. Secy.