S.O. 2455(E). Notification i.r.o. Sub section 1 of section 56 of the Code on Wages, 2019

Made under section 56(1) of the Code on Wages, 2019Officers and authoritiesNotified 12 May 2026 by the Central Government, Gazette CG-DL-E-14052026-272564 (published 14 May 2026)

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Corrected later

This notification was corrected by S.O. 4573(E) of 19 Aug 2026. On page 3, the officers are specified “to compound any offence under the Code on Wages, 2019, other than an offence punishable with imprisonment only or with imprisonment and also with fine”. The words printed below say the opposite. The text below is as first printed.

Official text

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 12th May, 2026
S.O. 2455(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 56 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019), the Central Government hereby specifies the officers mentioned in column (2) of the Table below to compound the offences punishable with imprisonment only, or with imprisonment and also with fine under the said section, in relation to which the Central Government is the appropriate Government, within the respective jurisdiction specified against them in column (3) of the said Table thereof, namely:-
TABLE
SI. Officers Jurisdiction No. (2) (3) (1)
All Deputy Chief Labour The whole of India. Commissioners (Central), office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Commissioners (Central) Daman and Diu. in Ahmedabad Region
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Rajasthan. Commissioners (Central) in Ajmer Region
Deputy Chief Labour The civil districts of Bardhaman-East, Bardhaman-West, Birbhum, Bankura and Commissioners (Central) Purulia in the State of West Bengal. in Asansol Region
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Karnataka. Commissioners (Central) in Bengaluru Region
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Odisha. Commissioners (Central) in Bhubaneshwar Region
Deputy Chief Labour The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Union Territories of Jammu Commissioners (Central) and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh. in Chandigarh Region
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of Puducherry (except Yanam and Commissioners (Central) Mahe districts). in Chennai Region
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep and Mahe district in the Commissioners (Central) Union territory of Puducherry. in Cochin Region
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Uttarakhand and civil districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Commissioners (Central) Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Amroha, Pilibhit, in Dehradun Region Shahjahanpur, Sambhal, Badaun, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Buddha Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh.
Deputy Chief Labour The following districts of the State of Jharkhand- Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Commissioners (Central) Koderma, Ranchi, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, Chatra, East Singhbhum, West in Dhanbad Region Singhbhum, Giridih, Ramgarh, Khunti, Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan) and Jamtara.
Deputy Chief Labour The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Commissioners (Central) Arunachal Pradesh. in Guwahati Region
Deputy Chief Labour The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the area of Yanam district in the Commissioners (Central) Union territory of Puducherry. in Hyderabad Region
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Madhya Pradesh. Commissioners (Central) in Jabalpur Region
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Uttar Pradesh [except the civil districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Commissioners (Central) Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, Moradabad, Amroha, in Kanpur Region Sambhal, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Buddha Nagar].
Deputy Chief Labour The State of West Bengal (except the civil districts of Bardhaman-East, Commissioners (Central) Bardhaman-West, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal), the in Kolkata Region State of Sikkim and the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Maharashtra (except the civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Commissioners (Central) Beed, Amaravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Nanded, Gadchiroli, in Mumbai Region Parbhani, Latur, Yeotmal, Dharashiv, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim) and the State of Goa.
Deputy Chief Labour The civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amaravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Commissioners (Central) Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Nanded, Gadchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, Yeotmal, in Nagpur Region Dharashiv, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra.
Deputy Chief Labour National Capital Territory of Delhi. Commissioners (Central) in Delhi Region
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Bihar and the civil districts of Garhwa, Latehar, Sahibganj, Pakur, Commissioners (Central) Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the State of Jharkhand. in Patna Region
Deputy Chief Labour The State of Chhattisgarh. Commissioners (Central) in Raipur Region
[F. No. P-11011/06/2026-WC]
TEJASWI S. NAIK, Jt. Secy.

Source: S.O. 2455(E), CG-DL-E-14052026-272564 — Gazette of India, pp. 3–4 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 3 · official download · all sources