Notification i.r.o. Sub section 3 of section 31 of the Code on Wages, 2019

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L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-14052026-272567 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2366] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026/VAISAKHA 22, 1948 3423 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th May, 2026 S.O. 2458(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 31 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Labour and Employment number S.O 2571(E), dated the 30th September, 2014, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby notifies the officers mentioned in column (2) of the Table below to be the authorities to call upon the employer to produce the balance sheet before it, from his establishment, in relation to which the Central Government is the appropriate Government, situated within the jurisdictional area specified, respectively, against them in column (3) thereof, namely:- TABLE +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sl. No. | Officers | Jurisdiction | | (1) | (2) | (3) | +=========+=====================================================================================================================+==========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================+ | 1. | The Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Additional Chief Labour Commissioners (Central), All Assistant Labour | The whole of India. | | | Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central), office of Chief Labour Commissioner | | | | (Central), New Delhi | | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Ahmedabad Region | The State of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Ajmer Region | The State of Rajasthan. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Asansol Region | The civil districts of Bardhaman-East, Bardhaman-West, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Bengaluru Region | The State of Karnataka. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Bhubaneshwar Region | The State of Odisha. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Chandigarh Region | The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Chennai Region | The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry (except Yanam and Mahe districts). | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Cochin Region | The State of Kerala, Union Territory of Lakshadweep and Mahe district in the Union Territory of Puducherry. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Dehradun Region | The State of Uttarakhand and civil districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Amroha, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli, Sambhal and Gautam Buddha Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (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. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Guwahati Region | The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 13. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Hyderabad Region | The States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and the area of Yanam district in the Union Territory of Puducherry. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 14. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Jabalpur Region | The State of Madhya Pradesh. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 15. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Kanpur Region | The State of Uttar Pradesh [except the civil districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, Moradabad, Amroha, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Sambhal, Shamli and Gautam Buddha Nagar]. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 16. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (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. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (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. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Nagpur Region | The civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amaravati, Wardha Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Nanded, Gadchiroli, Dharashiv, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 19. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Delhi Region | National Capital Territory of Delhi. | +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 20. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (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. | All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Raipur Region | The State of Chhattisgarh. | 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