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The Central Government appoints officers as appellate authority under sub-section (3) of section 111 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020, specifying their jurisdiction.

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The Ministry of Labour and Employment, vide Notification S.O. 2503(E) dated 13th May, 2026, exercised powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 111 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 (37 of 2020). The Central Government appointed various officers as appellate authorities for the purpose of the Code within their specified local limits of jurisdiction. The Addl. Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) from the Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi, are designated as appellate authority for the whole of India. Additionally, twenty different Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) regional offices are assigned specific jurisdictions covering individual states (e.g., Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Jharkhand, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Chhattisgarh), union territories (e.g., Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh, National Capital Territory of Delhi), and specific districts within larger states, as detailed in the comprehensive table. This notification was issued under F. No. S-65025/15/2026-ISH-II and signed by Alok Chandra, Senior Labour And Employment Advisor.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-17052026-272644 EXTRAORDINARY PART IIโ€”Section 3โ€”Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2411] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026/VAISAKHA 24, 1948 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th May, 2026 S.O. 2503(E).โ€” In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 111 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 (37 of 2020), the Central Government hereby appoints the officers mentioned in column (2) of the table as appellate authority for the purpose of the Code within the local limits of their jurisdiction specified in column (3) of the Table below: TABLE +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Serial No. | Designation of Officer | Jurisdiction (Area) | +==========+=============================================================+===========================================================================================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | Addl. Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The whole of India. | | | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) | | | | Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner | | | | (Central), New Delhi | | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Gujarat and the Union territories of Dadra | | | Ahmedabad region | and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Rajasthan | | | Ajmer region | | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The districts of Purbi Burdwan, Paschimi Burdwan, | | | Asansol region | Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West | | | | Bengal. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Karnataka. | | | Bangaluru region | | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Odisha | | | Bhubaneshwar region | | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Maharashtra except the districts of Nagpur, | | | Mumbai region | Bhandara, Akola, Beed, Amaravati, Wardha, | | | | Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Nanded, Gaddchiroli, | | | | Parbhanai, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Hingoli, | | | | Gondia and Washim and the State of Goa. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of West Bengal except the districts of Purbi | | | Kolkata region | Burdwan, Paschimi Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura and | | | | Purulia in the State of West Bengal, the State of Sikkim | | | | and the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar | | | | Islands. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Kerala and Union territory of | | | Cochin region | Lakshadweep and Mahe in the Union territory of | | | | Puducherry. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and | | | Chandigarh region | Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and | | | | Chandigarh. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Jharkhand- Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, | | | Dhanbad region | Koderma, Ranchi, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, | | | | Chatra, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Giridih, | | | | Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan), Jamtara, Khunti and | | | | Ramgarh. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 12. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, | | | Guwahati region | Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 13. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the | | | Hyderabad region | area of Yanam in the Union territory of Puducherry. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 14. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Madhya Pradesh. | | | Jabalpur region | | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 15. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Uttar Pradesh except the districts of | | | Kanpur region | Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, | | | | Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, Moradabad, Jyotiba | | | | Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, | | | | Rampur, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh | | | | Nagar. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 16. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Uttarakhand and civil districts of | | | Dehradun region | Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, | | | | Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule | | | | Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, | | | | Rampur, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh | | | | Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 17. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of | | | Chennai region | Puducherry except Yanam and Mahe. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amaravati, | | | Nagpur region | Wardha Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, | | | | Nanded, Gaddchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, Yeotmal, | | | | Osmanabad, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State | | | | of Maharashtra. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 19. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | National Capital Territory of Delhi. | | | Delhi region | | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 20. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), | The State of Bihar and the districts of Garhwa, Latehar, | | | Patna region | Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the | | | | State of Jharkhand. | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 21. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) | The State of Chhattisgarh. | | | Raipur region | | +----------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. S-65025/15/2026-ISH-II] ALOK CHANDRA, Senior Labour And Employment Advisor 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 SRIVASTAVA Date: 2006.05.17

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