S.O. 2319(E). Delegation of power of Central Government under section 87(1) under Chapter XIII for filing complaints in the Courts for certain offences under the Industrial Relations Code 2020

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 8th May, 2026

S.O. 2319(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 100 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020), the Central Government hereby directs that the powers exercisable by it under sub-section (1) of section 87 of the said Code shall, in respect of offences punishable under sub-sections (4), (6), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18) and (19) of section 86, be exercisable also by the Officers specified in column (2) of the Table below, in respect of industrial establishments or undertakings for which the Central Government is the appropriate Government under clause

(b) of section 2 of the said Code, within the respective areas specified against each in column (3) of the said Table, namely:-

TABLE

Sl. No. Officers Area

(1) (2) (3)

1. Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The whole of India. New Delhi

2. All Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners The State of Rajasthan. (Central) in Ajmer Region

4. All Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners The State of Karnataka. (Central) in Bengaluru Region

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

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

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

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

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

15. All Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners National Capital Territory of Delhi. (Central) in Delhi Region

20. All Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners The State of Chhattisgarh. (Central) in Raipur Region

[F. No. S-11025/09/2026-IR(PL)]

DEEPIKA KACHHAL, Jt. Secy.