S.O. 2458(E). Notification i.r.o. Sub section 3 of section 31 of the Code on Wages, 2019

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 12th May, 2026

S.O. 2458(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 31 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Labour and Employment number S.O 2571(E), dated the 30th September, 2014, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby notifies the officers mentioned in column (2) of the Table below to be the authorities to call upon the employer to produce the balance sheet before it, from his establishment, in relation to which the Central Government is the appropriate Government, situated within the jurisdictional area specified, respectively, against them in column (3) thereof, namely:-

TABLE

Sl. Officers Jurisdiction No. (2) (3) (1)

1. The Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The whole of India. Additional Chief Labour Commissioners (Central), All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central), office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi

2. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra and and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. in Ahmedabad Region

3. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Rajasthan. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Ajmer Region

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

5. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Karnataka. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Bengaluru Region

6. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Odisha. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Bhubaneshwar Region

7. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and in Chandigarh Region Chandigarh.

8. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Puducherry (except Yanam and Mahe districts). in Chennai Region

9. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Kerala, Union Territory of Lakshadweep and and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Mahe district in the Union Territory of Puducherry. in Cochin Region

10. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Uttarakhand and civil districts of Saharanpur, and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Bareilly, in Dehradun Region Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Amroha, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli, Sambhal and Gautam Buddha Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

11. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The following districts of the State of Jharkhand- Dhanbad, and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Ranchi, Lohardaga, in Dhanbad Region Gumla, Simdega, Chatra, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Giridih, Ramgarh, Khunti, Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan) and Jamtara.

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

13. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and the area of and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Yanam district in the Union Territory of Puducherry. in Hyderabad Region

14. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Madhya Pradesh. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Jabalpur Region

15. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Uttar Pradesh [except the civil districts of and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, in Kanpur Region Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, Moradabad, Amroha, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Sambhal, Shamli and Gautam Buddha Nagar].

16. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of West Bengal (except the civil districts of and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Bardhaman-East, Bardhaman-West, Birbhum, Bankura in Kolkata Region and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, the State of Sikkim and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

17. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Maharashtra (except the civil districts of and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Beed, Amaravati, Wardha, in Mumbai Region Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Nanded, Gadchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, Yeotmal, Dharashiv, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim) and the State of Goa.

18. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amaravati, and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Wardha Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Nanded, in Nagpur Region Gadchiroli, Dharashiv, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra.

19. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) National Capital Territory of Delhi. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Delhi Region

20. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Bihar and the civil districts of Garhwa, and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Latehar, Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in in Patna Region the State of Jharkhand.

21. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Chhattisgarh. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Raipur Region

[F. No. S-33027/2/2026-WB]

TEJASWI S. NAIK, Jt. Secy.