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The Central Government appoints Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) as officers to impose penalties under sub-section (1) of section 111 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, specifying their respective jurisdictions across India.

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The Ministry of Labour and Employment, through Notification S.O. 2509(E) dated May 13, 2026, exercised powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 111 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 Of 2020), to appoint various Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) as officers authorized to impose penalties under the Code. The notification specifies the local limits of their jurisdiction. For instance, all Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in the office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi, have jurisdiction over the whole of India. Other Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) are assigned specific states, union territories, or districts, such as the Ahmedabad Region covering Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; the Mumbai Region covering Maharashtra (except specific districts) and Goa; the Kolkata Region covering parts of West Bengal, Sikkim, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands; and the Delhi Region covering the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The notification details 21 such regional assignments, outlining the precise geographical areas for each.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-19052026-272704 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2417] | NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026/VAISAKHA 24, 1948 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] [F. No. S-65025/12/2026-ISH-II] ALOK CHANDRA, Senior Labour And Employment Advisor 4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th May, 2026 S.O. 2509(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) 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 below to be the officers to impose penalty for the purpose of the Code within the local limits of their respective jurisdiction specified in column (3) of the Table below: TABLE Sl. No. | Designation of officers | Jurisdiction (Area) (1) | (2) | (3) 1. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central), in the 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 territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 3. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Ajmer Region | The State of Rajasthan. 4. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Asansol Region | The districts of Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal. 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 Mumbai Region | The State of Maharashtra except the districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Gadchiroli, Nanded, Parbhani, Yavatmal, Osmanabad, Latur, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli and the State of Goa. 8. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Kolkata Region | The State of West Bengal except the districts of Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia, the State of Sikkim and the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 9. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Cochin Region | The State of Kerala and the Union territory of Lakshadweep and the district of Mahe in the Union territory of Puducherry. 10. | 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. 11. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Dhanbad Region | The State of Jharkhand excluding the districts of Pakur, Latehar, Garhwa, Palamu, Sahibganj, Dumka and Godda. 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 of the Union territory of Puducherry. 14. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Jabalpur Region | The State of Madhya Pradesh. [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] 5 15. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Kanpur Region | The State of Uttar Pradesh except the districts of Saharanpur, Bijnaur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Bareilly, Moradabad, Badaun, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar. 16. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Dehradun Region | The State of Uttarakhand and the districts of Saharanpur, Bijnaur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Bareilly, Moradabad, Badaun, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh. 17. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Chennai Region | The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of Puducherry except the districts of Mahe and Yanam 18. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Nagpur Region | The districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Gadchiroli, Nanded, Parbhani, Yavatmal, Osmanabad, Latur, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra. 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 districts of Gharwha, Latehar, Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the State of Jharkhand. 21. | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Raipur Region | The State of Chhattisgarh. [F. No. S-65025/12/2026-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: 2006.05.19 21:30:17

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