Notification under Section 129 and 2(68) of the CoSS, 2020

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-16052026-272634 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2353] | NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026/VAISAKHA 22, 1948 MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th May, 2026 S.O. 2445(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (68) of section 2 read with section 129 of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020), the Central Government hereby appoints the officers mentioned in column (2) of the following Table to be the Recovery Officers for the purposes of recovering the amount which is in arrear relating to Chapter V and Chapter VI of the said Code for the area of jurisdiction specified against them in column (3) of the said Table in relation to all establishments for which the Central Government is the appropriate Government under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of Section 2 of the said Code, namely:- TABLE Sl. No. | Officers | Jurisdiction (1) | (2) | (3) 1. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central), in headquarter, Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi | The whole of India. 2. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Ahmedabad Region | The State of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 3410 GI/2026 | (1) 2 | THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] [F. No. R-13011/05/2026-SS-II] ASHUTOSH A. T. PEDNEKAR, Jt. Secy. MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th May, 2026 S.O. 2445(E). In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (68) of section 2 read with section 129 of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020), the Central Government hereby appoints the officers mentioned in column (2) of the following Table to be the Recovery Officers for the purposes of recovering the amount which is in arrear relating to Chapter V and Chapter VI of the said Code for the area of jurisdiction specified against them in column (3) of the said Table in relation to all establishments for which the Central Government is the appropriate Government under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of Section 2 of the said Code, namely:- TABLE Sl. No. | Officers | Jurisdiction (1) | (2) | (3) 1. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central), in headquarter, Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi | The whole of India. 2. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Ahmedabad Region | The State of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 4 | THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY | [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] 3. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Ajmer Region | The State of Rajasthan. 4. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Asansol Region | The civil districts of Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, and any new district formed out of above districts. 5. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Bengaluru Region | The State of Karnataka. 6. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Bhubaneshwar Region | The State of Odisha. 7. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Chandigarh Region | The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh. 8. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Chennai Region | The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry (except Yanam and Mahe districts). 9. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Cochin Region | The State of Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep and Mahe districts in the Union Territory of Puducherry. 10. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Dehradun Region | The State of Uttarakhand and civil districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh and any new district formed out of above districts. 11. | All Regional 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, Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan) and Jamtara, Khunti and Ramgarh, and any new district formed out of above districts. 12. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Guwahati Region | The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. 13. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Hyderabad Region | The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the area of Yanam in the Union Territory of Puducherry. 14. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Jabalpur Region | The State of Madhya Pradesh. 15. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Kanpur Region | The State of Uttar Pradesh [except the civil districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar, and any new district formed out of above districts]. 16. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Kolkata Region | The State of West Bengal (except the civil districts of Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, and any new district formed out of above district), the State of Sikkim and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 17. | All Regional 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, Gaddchiroli, Parbhanai, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim, and any new district formed out of above districts) and the State of Goa. 18. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Nagpur Region | The civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amaravati, Wardha Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Nanded, Gaddchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra, and any new district formed out of above districts. 19. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Delhi Region | National Capital Territory of Delhi. 20. | All Regional 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, and any new district formed out of above districts. 21. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Raipur Region | The State of Chhattisgarh. [F. No. R-13011/05/2026-SS-II] ASHUTOSH A. T. PEDNEKAR, 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 KUMAR Digitally signed by SARVESH Date: 2026.05.16 17:2934 SRIVASTAVA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA