S.O. 2318(E). Appointing Officers to impose penalty under section 85(1) of the Industrial Relations Code 2020

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 8th May, 2026

S.O. 2318(E).— In pursuance of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 85 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020), the Central Government hereby appoints the following officers specified in column (2) of the Table, for holding inquiry and for imposing penalty under sub-sections (3), (5), (10), (11) and (20) of section 86 of the said Code, in respect of the industrial establishments for which the Central Government is the appropriate Government, within the areas specified against them in column (3) of the said Table, namely:-

TABLE

Sl. No. Officers Areas

(1) (2) (3)

1. All Regional Labour Commissioners The whole of India. (Central), in the office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi

2. All Regional Labour Commissioners The State of Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and (Central) in Ahmedabad Region Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

3. All Regional Labour Commissioners The State of Rajasthan. (Central) in Ajmer Region

4. All Regional Labour Commissioners The districts of Bardhaman East, Bardhaman West, (Central) in Asansol Region Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal.

5. All Regional Labour Commissioners The State of Karnataka. (Central) in Bengaluru Region

6. All Regional Labour Commissioners The State of Odisha. (Central) in Bhubaneshwar Region

7. All Regional Labour Commissioners The State of Maharashtra except the districts of Nagpur, (Central) in Mumbai Region 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 The State of West Bengal except the districts of (Central) in Kolkata Region Bardhaman East, Bardhaman West, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia, the State of Sikkim and the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

9. All Regional Labour Commissioners The State of Kerala and the Union territory of (Central) in Cochin Region Lakshadweep and the district of Mahe in the Union territory of Puducherry.

10. All Regional Labour Commissioners The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and (Central) in Chandigarh Region Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh.

11. All Regional Labour Commissioners The State of Jharkhand excluding the districts of Pakur, (Central) in Dhanbad Region Latehar, Garhwa, Palamu, Sahibganj, Dumka and Godda.

12. All Regional Labour Commissioners The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, (Central) in Guwahati Region Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.

13. All Regional Labour Commissioners The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the (Central) in Hyderabad Region area of Yanam of the Union territory of Puducherry.

14. All Regional Labour Commissioners The State of Madhya Pradesh. (Central) in Jabalpur Region

15. All Regional Labour Commissioners The State of Uttar Pradesh except the districts of (Central) in Kanpur Region 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 The State of Uttarakhand and the districts of Saharanpur, (Central) in Dehradun Region 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 The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of (Central) in Chennai Region Puducherry except the districts of Mahe and Yanam

18. All Regional Labour Commissioners The districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amravati, (Central) in Nagpur Region 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 National Capital Territory of Delhi. (Central) in Delhi Region

20. All Regional Labour Commissioners The State of Bihar and the districts of Gharwha, Latehar, (Central) in Patna Region Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the State of Jharkhand.

21. All Regional Labour Commissioners The State of Chhattisgarh. (Central) in Raipur Region

[F. No. S-11025/11/2026-IR(PL)]

DEEPIKA KACHHAL, Jt. Secy.