S.O. 2504(E). Notification regarding officer to impose penalty in case of mines under the OSH and WC Code 2020

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 13th May, 2026

S.O. 2504(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 111 of the Code on Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions, 2020 (37 of 2020), the Central Government hereby appoints the officers mentioned in column (2) of the table below to be the officer to impose penalty under the said Code in case of mines, for the areas specified in the corresponding entry them in column (3) of the Table below:

TABLE

Sl.No. Designation of officers Jurisdiction (Area)

(1) (2) (3)

1. Deputy Director General of Mines The whole of India Safety, (Head Quarter)

2. Deputy Director General of Mines The whole of India Safety (Mechanical)

3. Deputy Director General of Mines The whole of India Safety (Electrical)

4. Deputy Director General of Mines Central Zone having jurisdiction in the State of Bihar and part Safety, Director of Mines Safety of Jharkhand with headquarters at Dhanbad (Jharkhand), (Mechanical), Director of Mines Safety comprising of Dhanbad Region-1, Dhanbad Region-2, Dhanbad (Electrical) of Central Zone. Region-3 and Koderma Region.

5. Deputy Director General of Mines Eastern Zone having jurisdiction in the States of West Bengal, Safety, Director of Mines Safety Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, (Mechanical), Director of Mines Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and union territory of Andaman Safety (Electrical) of Eastern Zone and Nicobar Islands with headquarters at Sitarampur (West Bengal), comprising of Sitarampur Region-1, Sitarampur Region-2, Sitarampur Region-3 and Guwahati Region.

6. Deputy Director General of Mines South Eastern Zone having jurisdiction in the State of Odisha Safety, Director of Mines Safety and part of Jharkhand with headquarters at Ranchi (Mechanical), Director of Mines Safety (Jharkhand), comprising of Ranchi Region, Chaibasa Region, (Electrical) of South Eastern Zone. Bhubaneswar Region-1and Bhubaneswar Region-2.

7. Deputy Director General of Mines South Central Zone having jurisdiction in the States of Safety, Director of Mines Safety Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with headquarters at (Mechanical), Director of Mines Safety Hyderabad (Telangana), comprising of Hyderabad Region-1, (Electrical) of South-Central Zone. Hyderabad Region-2, Hyderabad Region-3 and Nellore Region.

8. Deputy Director General of Mines Southern Zone having jurisdiction in the States of Karnataka, Safety, Director of Mines Safety Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Union territories of Lakshadweep (Mechanical), Director of Mines Safety Islands and Puducherry with headquarters at Bengaluru (Electrical) of Southern Zone. (Karnataka), comprising of Bengaluru Region, Bellary Region-1, Bellary Region-2 and Chennai Region.

9. Deputy Director General of Mines Western Zone having jurisdiction in the States of Maharashtra, Safety, Director of Mines Safety Chhattisgarh and Goa with headquarters at Nagpur (Mechanical), Director of Mines Safety (Maharashtra), comprising of Nagpur Region-1, Nagpur (Electrical) of Western Zone. Region-2, Bilaspur Region-1, Bilaspur Region-2, Raigarh Region and Goa Region.

10. Deputy Director General of Mines North Western Zone having jurisdiction in the States of Safety, Director of Mines Safety Gujarat, Rajasthan and Union territories of Daman, Dadra and (Mechanical), Director of Mines Safety Nagar Haveli and Diu, with headquarters at Udaipur (Electrical) of North Western Zone. (Rajasthan), comprising of Ahmedabad Region-1, Ahmedabad Region-2, Surat Region, Udaipur region, Ajmer Region-1 and Ajmer Region-2.

11. Deputy Director General of Mines Northern Zone having jurisdiction in the States of Uttar Safety, Director of Mines Safety Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, (Mechanical), Director of Mines Madhya Pradesh and Union territories of Delhi, Chandigarh, Safety (Electrical) of Northern Zone. Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with headquarters at Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), comprising of Ghaziabad Region, Srinagar Region, Parasia Region, Jabalpur Region, Gwalior Region and Varanasi Region.

12. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Jharkhand State: All the mines in the District of Dhanbad lying on the West of Giridih- Tundi-Govindpur Road Dhanbad Region-1. and North of NH- 32 from Govindpur - Dhanbad to Bokaro.

13. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Jharkhand State: All the mines in the District of Dhanbad lying on the East of Giridih- Tundi- Govindpur Road Dhanbad Region-2, and South of NH-32 from Govindpur- Dhanbad to Bokaro.

14. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Jharkhand State: All the mines in the Districts of Jamtara, Deoghar, Dumka, Pakur, Godda and Sahebganj. Dhanbad Region-3,

15. Director of Mines Safety, Bihar State and parts of Jharkhand State: All the mines of Bihar State and all mines in the districts of Koderma, Giridih and Koderma Region Bokaro of Jharkhand state.

16. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the West Bengal State: All the mines in the District of Paschim (West) Bardhaman situated on the South of NH-2. Sitarampur Region-1 All mines in the Districts of Purulia, Bankura, Jhargram, Paschim (West) Medinipur and Purba (East) Medinipur.

17. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the West Bengal State: All the mines in the Districts of Paschim (West) Bardhaman in the north of NH-2 and east Sitarampur Region-2 of NH-60 leading from Punjabi more on NH-2 to Pandaveswar Ghat. All Mines in the Districts of Purba(East) Bardhaman, Murshidabad, Nadia, North-24- Parganas, South-24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, Kolkata, Malda, Dakshin Dinajpur, Uttar Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Alipurdwar, Cooch Behar and Kalimpong. All mines in the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

18. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the West Bengal State: All the mines in the Districts of Paschim (West) Bardhaman on the North of NH-2 and West Sitarampur Region-3 of NH-60 leading from Punjabi More on NH-2 to Pandaveswar Ghat. All the mines in the District of Birbhum.

19. Director of Mines Safety, States of Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura: All Mines. Guwahati Region

20. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Jharkhand State: All mines in the Districts of Ranchi, Ramgarh, Hazaribagh, Chatra, Palamu and Garhwa. Ranchi Region

21. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Jharkhand State: All mines in the Districts of East-Singhbhum, West-Singhbhum, Saraikela-Kharsawan, Gumla, Chaibasa Region Khunti, Simdega, Latehar and Lohardaga.

22. Director of Mines Safety, Bhubaneswar Parts of the Odisha State: All mines in the Districts of Angul, Region-1 Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Keonjhar (Kendujhar), Bhadrak, Balasore (Baleswar), Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttak, Khordha, Puri, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati and Mayurbhanj.

23. Director of Mines Safety, Bhubaneswar Parts of the Odisha State: Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Region-2 Deogarh (Debagarh), Boudh, Bargarh, Subarnapur (Sonepur), Nuapada, Balangir, Kandhamal(Phulbani), Rayagada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri.

24. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Telangana State: All mines in the Districts of Khammam, Karimnagar, Hanumakonda, Warangal, Hyderabad Region-1 Mahabubabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Jayashankar– Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Jangoan, Siddipet, Mahabubnagar, Wanaparthy, Jogulamba-Gadwal, Narayanpet, Suryapet, Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Nalgonda and Nagarkurnool.

25. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Telangana State: All mines in the Districts of Adilabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Kumuram Bheem, Nizamabad, Hyderabad Region-2 Peddapalli, Rajanna-Sircilla, Kamareddy, Medak, Sangareddy, Jagtial and Vikarabad.

26. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Andhra Pradesh State: All mines in the Districts of West Godavari, East Godavari, Krishna, Kakinada, Dr Hyderabad Region-3 B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema, Eluru, Alluri Sitharamaraju, Guntur, Palnadu, Bapatla, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, Prakasam, Kurnool, Nandyal, Anakapalli, Parvathipuram Manyam and NTR.

27. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Andhra Pradesh State: All mines in the Districts of Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore, YSR, Chittoor, Nellore Region Ananthapuramu, Annamayya, Tirupati, and Sri Satyasai.

28. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Karnataka State: All mines in the Districts of Chikmagalur, Dakshin Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Hassan, Bengaluru Region Kolar, Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural,Mandya, Mysuru (Mysore), Chamarajnagar, Kodagu, Ramanagara, Chikkaballapura, Davangere, Shivamogga and Udupi. Kerala and Union territory of Lakshadweep Islands: All mines.

29. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Karnataka State: All mines in the Districts of Ballary (Bellary), Vijayanagara, Raichur (Raichuru), Yadgiri, Bellary Region-1 Kalaburgi (Gulbarga) and Bidar.

30. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Karnataka State: All mines in the Districts of Vijayapura (Bijapur), Bagalkote, Gadag, Koppal, Belagavi Bellary Region-2 (Belgaum), Dharwad, Haveri and Uttar Kannada.

31. Director of Mines Safety, All mines in the State of Tamil Nadu and Union territory of Puducherry. Chennai Region

32. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Maharashtra State: All mines in the Districts of Gondia, Bhandara, Nagpur, Wardha, Amravati, Akola, Nagpur Region-1 Buldhana, Jalna, Hingoli, Parbhani, Aurangabad, Washim and Gadchiroli.

33. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Maharashtra State: All mines in the Districts of Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Nanded, Latur, Beed and Osmanabad. Nagpur Region-2

34. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Chhattisgarh State: All mines in the Districts of Korba, Raipur, Gariaband, Balodabazar- Bhatapara, Bilaspur Region-1 Dhamtari, Bastar, Kondagaon and Sukma.

35. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Chhattisgarh State: All mines in the Districts of Korea, Bharatpur- Manendragarh-Chirmiri, Bilaspur, Bilaspur Region-2. Mungeli, Kawardha (Kabirdham), Durg, Rajnandgaon, Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan- Gandai, Mohla-Manpur-Chouki, Balod, Bemetara, Kanker, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur and Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi.

36. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Chhattisgarh State: All mines in the Districts of Raigarh, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, Jashpur, Surguja, Surajpur, Raigarh Region. Balrampur, Janjgir- Champa, Sakti and Mahasamund.

37. Director of Mines Safety, All mines in the State of Goa. Goa Region. Parts of Maharashtra State: All mines in the Districts of Ahmednagar, Nandurbar, Mumbai, Mumbai, Suburban, Thane, Palghar, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Satara, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur, Sindhudurg, Raigad and Pune.

38. Director of Mines Safety, Ahmedabad Parts of the Gujarat State: All mines in the Districts of Region-1. Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka, Porbandar, Rajkot, Morbi, Junagadh, Gir-Somnath, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad and Botad. All mines in the Union territory of Diu.

39. Director of Mines Safety, Ahmedabad Parts of the Gujarat State: Gandhinagar, Mehasana, Patan, Region-2. Kachchh, Mahisagar, Surendra Nagar, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Arvalli.

40. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Gujarat State: All mines in the Districts of Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Bharuch, Surat Region. Narmada, Surat, Navsari, Tapi, Valsad, Dang, Anand, kheda. All mines in the Union territory of Daman and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

41. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Rajasthan State: All mines in the district of Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh, Udaipur Region. Chittorgarh, Sirohi and Jalore

42. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Rajasthan State: Jaipur, Ajmer, Dausa, SawaiMadhopur, Tonk, Bundi, Bharatpur, Alwar, Kota, Ajmer Region-1. Bhilwara, Baran, Jhalawar,Karauli and Dholpur.

43. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Rajasthan State: Jodhpur,Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh ,Pali,Nagaur, Churu, Ajmer Region-2. Jhunjhunu and Sikar.

44. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of Uttar Pradesh State: All Mines in the Districts of Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Hapur, Ghaziabad Region. Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Jyotiba PhuleNagar(Amroha), Moradabad, Rampur, Aligarh, Badaun, Sambhal(BhimNagar), Bareilly, Pilibhit, Mathura, Hathras, Etah, Kanshiram Nagar (Kasganj), Shahjahanpur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Agra, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Sitapur, Etawah, Kannauj, Auraiya, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Unnao, Lucknow, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur and Mahoba. All mines in the State of Haryana, Uttarakhand and Union territory of Delhi.

45. Director of Mines Safety, Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh: All mines in the States of Himachal Pradesh and Srinagar Region. Punjab.

46. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Madhya Pradesh State: All mines in the Districts of Chhindwara, Betul, Seoni, Balaghat, Mandla, Parasia Region. Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad), Narsinghpur and Harda.

47. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Madhya Pradesh State: All mines in the Districts of Rewa, Satna, Panna, Damoh, Katni, Umaria, Shahdol, Jabalpur Region. Anuppur, Jabalpur and Raisen.

48. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Madhya Pradesh State: All mines in the Districts of Morena, Sheopur, Bhind, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Bhopal, Gwalior Region. Vidisha, Datia, Rajgarh, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Ashok Nagar, Sagar, Sehore, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Dhar, Khargone, Khandwa, Barwani, Burhanpur, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Ujjain, Shajapur, Agar Malwa, Dewas, Indore, Niwari and Dindori.

49. Director of Mines Safety, Parts of the Uttar Pradesh State: All mines in the Districts of Bahraich, Shravasti, Barabanki, Gonda, Raebareli,Fatehpur, Varanasi Region. Banda, Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh, Sultanpur,Amethi, Ayodhya (Faizabad), Basti, Balarampur, Siddharth Nagar, Maharajganj, Sant KabirNagar,Ambedkar Nagar, Jaunpur, Prayagraj, Kushinagar,Deoria, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi), Varanasi, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Sonbhadra and Ghazipur. Parts of the Madhya Pradesh State: All mines in the District Sidhi and Singrouli (Waidhan).

[F. No. S-65025/11/2026-ISH-II]

ALOK CHANDRA, Senior Labour and Employment Advisor