S.O. 2353(E). Notification under Section 2(68) of CoSS, 2020

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 8th May, 2026

S.O. 2353(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred under clause (68) of section 2 read with section 129 of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020), the Central Government hereby authorises the Officers mentioned in column (2) of the Table below to exercise the powers of Recovery Officer under the said Code from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, for the areas mentioned in column (3) of the said Table, in relation to all establishments covered under the provisions of the Chapter IV of the said Code and for the provisions in the Code relating to that Chapter, namely:-

TABLE

Sl.No. Designation of the Officer Area in relation to which jurisdiction is to be exercised.

(1) (2) (3)

1. Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Andhra Pradesh and district Yanam Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Vijayawada, of Union territory of Puducherry. Andhra Pradesh

2. Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Andhra Pradesh. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

3. Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Andhra Pradesh. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. 4 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State 1. State of Assam Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Guwahati, Assam 2. State of Arunachal Pradesh

3. State of Mizoram

4. State of Meghalaya

5. State of Manipur

6. State of Nagaland

7. State of Tripura 5 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Bihar. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Patna, Bihar 6 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Chhattisgarh. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 7 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State National Capital Territory of Delhi. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, New Delhi 8 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State National Capital Territory of Delhi. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, NandNagri, Delhi 9 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State National Capital Territory of Delhi. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Okhla, Delhi 10 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State National Capital Territory of Delhi. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Rohini, Delhi 11 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Goa. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Panaji , Goa 12 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Gujarat. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 13 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State 1.State of Gujarat; Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Surat, Gujarat 2. Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 14 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Gujarat. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Vadodara, Gujarat 15 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Haryana. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Faridabad, Haryana 16 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Haryana. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Karnal, Haryana 17 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Haryana. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Gurugram, Haryana 18 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Himachal Pradesh. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh 19 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State 1. Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir; Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Jammu and 2. Union territory of Ladakh. Kashmir 20 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Jharkhand. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Ranchi, Jharkhand 21 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Karnataka. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Bengaluru, Karnataka 22 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Karnataka. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Bommasandara, Karnataka 23 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Karnataka. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Gulbarga, Karnataka 24 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Karnataka. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Hubballi, Karnataka 25 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Karnataka. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Mangalore, Karnataka 26 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Karnataka. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Mysore, Karnataka 27 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Karnataka. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, PeenyaYashwanthpur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 28 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State 1. State of Kerala; and Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Thrissur, Kerala 2. Mahe district of Union territory of Puducherry 29 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State 1. State of Kerala; Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Ernakulam, 2. Union territory of Lakshadweep Kerala 30 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Kerala. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Kollam, Kerala 31 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Kerala. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Kozhikode, Kerala 32 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Kerala. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 33 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Madhya Pradesh. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 34 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Madhya Pradesh. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 35 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Maharashtra. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Maharashtra 36 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Maharashtra. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. 37 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Maharashtra. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Marol Mumbai Maharashtra 38 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Maharashtra. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Nagpur, Maharashtra. 39 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Maharashtra. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Nasik, Maharashtra. 40 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Maharashtra. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Pune, Maharashtra 41 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Maharashtra. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Thane, Maharashtra. 42 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Odisha. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha 43 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Odisha. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Jharsuguda, Odisha 44 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State Union territory of Puducherry for district Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Puducherry Puducherry and Karaikal. 45 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State 1.State of Punjab; Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Chandigarh, 2.Union territory of Chandigarh. Punjab 46 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Punjab. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Jalandhar, Punjab 47 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Punjab. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Ludhiana, Punjab 48 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Rajasthan. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Jaipur, Rajasthan 49 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Rajasthan. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 50 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Rajasthan. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Udaipur, Rajasthan 51 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Rajasthan. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Alwar, Rajasthan 52 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State 1. State of Tamil Nadu; and Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Chennai, Tamil 2. Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Nadu Island. 53 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Tamil Nadu. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 54 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Tamil Nadu. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 55 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Tamil Nadu. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu 56 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Tamil Nadu. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Salem, Tamil Nadu 57 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Telangana. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Telangana 58 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Uttar Pradesh. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 59 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Uttar Pradesh. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 60 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Uttar Pradesh. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 61 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Uttar Pradesh. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 62 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of Uttrakhand. Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. 63 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State 1. State of West Bengal; Insurance Corporation Regional Office, Kolkata, West 2. State of Sikkim. Bengal 64 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of West Bengal. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Barrackpore, West Bengal. 65 Deputy Director or Assistant Director, Employees’ State State of West Bengal. Insurance Corporation Sub Regional Office, Durgapur, West Bengal.

[F. No. R-19025/09/2026-SS-I]

ASHUTOSH A.T. PEDNEKAR, Jt. Secy.