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The Central Government notifies specific officers for the purpose of compounding offences under sub-section (1) of section 114 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020.

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The Ministry of Labour and Employment, vide Notification S.O. 2507(E) dated 13th May, 2026, exercises powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 114 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020). The Central Government hereby designates various Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) as officers for the composition of offences under the Code. The notification specifies their respective local limits of jurisdiction. For instance, all Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in the Head Quarters, Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi, have jurisdiction over the whole of India. Other Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) are assigned jurisdiction over specific states, union territories, or districts, such as the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Ahmedabad region, covering Gujarat and the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Mumbai region, covering the State of Maharashtra (with specific district exclusions) and the State of Goa. The notification details 21 such regional assignments, including for states like Rajasthan, Karnataka, Odisha, West Bengal, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, National Capital Territory of Delhi, Bihar, and Chhattisgarh. The notification was issued under F. No. S-65025/22/2026-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-19052026-272688 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2415] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026/VAISAKHA 24, 1948 MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th May, 2026 S.O. 2507(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 114 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), the Central Government hereby notifies the officers mentioned in column (2) of the table below to be the officer for composition of offences for the purpose of the Code within the local limits of the jurisdiction specified in column (3) of the table below:— TABLE +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sr. No. | Designation of Officer | Jurisdiction (Area) | +=========+=================================================================================================================+=================================================================================================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in the Head Quarters, Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner | The whole of India. | | | (Central), New Delhi | | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Ahmedabad region | The State of Gujarat and the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Ajmer region | The State of Rajasthan | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Asansol region | The districts of Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Bangaluru region | The State of Karnataka. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Bhubaneshwar region | The State of Odisha | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Mumbai region | The State of Maharashtra except the districts of Nagpur, 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), Kolkata region | The State of West Bengal except the districts of Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman, 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), Cochin region | The State of Kerala and Union territory of Lakshadweep and Mahe in the Union territory of Puducherry. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Chandigarh region | The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and | | | | Chandigarh. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Dhanbad region | The State of Jharkhand- Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, 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), Guwahati region | The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 13. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Hyderabad region | The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the area of Yanam in the Union territory of Puducherry. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 14. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Jabalpur region | The State of Madhya Pradesh. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 15. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Kanpur region | The State of Uttar Pradesh except the 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. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 16. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), 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, Bhagpat, Hapur, | | | | Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 17. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Chennai region | The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of Puducherry except Yanam and Mahe. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Nagpur region | The 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. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 19. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Delhi region | National Capital Territory of Delhi. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 20. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Patna region | The State of Bihar and the districts of Garhwa, Latehar, Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the State | | | | of Jharkhand. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 21. | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) Raipur region | The State of Chhattisgarh. | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. S-65025/22/2026-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. Digitally signed by KUMER KUMER CHAND CHAND MEENA MEENA Date: 2026.05.19 15:15:04 +05'30'

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