S.O. 2508(E). Notification regarding appointment of Designated Authority for license under the OSH and WC Code 2020

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 13th May, 2026

S.O. 2508(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 46 read with sub-section (1) of section 119 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020) and in supersession of the notification of Government of India in the Ministry of Labour and Employment vide even numbers

S.O. 4196(E) dated the 28th December 2016, S.O. 4201(E) dated the 28th December 2016, S.O. 4291(E) dated the 28th November 2016 and S.O. 4296(E) dated the 28th November 2016, the Central Government hereby appoints the gazetted officers of the Government mentioned in column (2) of the table below to be the Designated Authority for the purpose of the Code, within the local limits of the jurisdiction specified in column (3) of the Table below:-

TABLE

Serial Designation of Officers Jurisdiction (Area) number

(1) (2) (3)

1. All Regional Labour Commissioner The whole of India (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) in the Head Quarters, Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi

2. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Gujarat and the union territories of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Commissioners (Central), Ahmedabad region

3. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Rajasthan (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central), Ajmer region

4. All Regional Labour Commissioner The districts of Purba Bardhaman, Paschim (Central) and All Assistant Labour Bardhaman, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the Commissioners (Central), Asansol State of West Bengal. region

5. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Karnataka. (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central), Bangaluru region

6. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Odisha (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central), Bhubaneshwar region

7. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Maharashtra except the districts of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Beed, Amaravati, Commissioners (Central), Mumbai Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Nanded, region Gaddchiroli, Parbhanai, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim and the State of Goa.

8. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of West Bengal except the districts of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum, Commissioners (Central), Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, the Kolkata region State of Sikkim and the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

9. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Kerala and union territory of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Lakshadweep and Mahe in the union territory of Commissioners (Central), Cochin Puducherry. region

10. All Regional Labour Commissioner The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana (Central) and All Assistant Labour and union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Commissioners (Central), Chandigarh and Chandigarh. region

11. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Jharkhand- Dhanbad, Bokaro, (Central) and All Assistant Labour Hazaribagh, Koderma, Ranchi, Lohardaga, Gumla, Commissioners (Central), Dhanbad Simdega, Chatra, East Singhbhum, West region Singhbhum, Giridih, Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan), Jamtara, Khunti and Ramgarh.

12. All Regional Labour Commissioner The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, (Central) and All Assistant Labour Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. Commissioners (Central), Guwahati region

13. All Regional Labour Commissioner The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the (Central) and All Assistant Labour area of Yanam in the union territory of Puducherry. Commissioners (Central), Hyderabad region

14. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Madhya Pradesh. (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central), Jabalpur region

15. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Uttar Pradesh except the districts of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Commissioners (Central), Kanpur Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, region Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar.

16. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Uttarakhand and districts of Saharanpur, (Central) and All Assistant Labour Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Commissioners (Central), Dehradun Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar region (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

17. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Puducherry (except Yanam and Mahe) Commissioners (Central), Chennai region

18. All Regional Labour Commissioner The districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, (Central) and All Assistant Labour Amaravati, Wardha Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Commissioners (Central), Nagpur Beed, Nanded, Gaddchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, region Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra.

19. All Regional Labour Commissioner National Capital Territory of Delhi. (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central), Delhi region

20. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Bihar and the districts of Garhwa, (Central) and All Assistant Labour Latehar, Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Commissioners (Central), Patna Godda in the State of Jharkhand. region

21. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Chhattisgarh. (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) Raipur region

[F. No. S-65025/19/2026-ISH-II]

ALOK CHANDRA, Senior Labour And Employment Advisor