Contents of the OSH Rules (Rajasthan)

The Rajasthan Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026

Rule 11. Grant of Licence

Chapter II — Registration General provisions for registrationMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020S.O. 23, 30 Jun 2026

Official text

(1) The Registering Officer or Authority, as the case may be, may, on application being made to him under sub-rule (1) of rule 6 and on payment of fees prescribed in Fees Table-A or Fees Table-B, as applicable, and on being satisfied that there is no objection to the grant of licence, shall issue electronically a single licence in Form-9 or common licence in Form-10 for a period not exceeding 10 years at a time and subject to compliance with such conditions as are specified in the licence:

Provided that, subject to the third proviso to sub–section (4) of section 119 of the Code, the Registering Officer or Authority may reject to register the factory or grant of a licence, if he is satisfied,–

(i) that the plans of the site and building and machinery layout have not been duly approved by the Registering Officer or Authority, as the case may be, ‍451

except in the case of factory involving non-hazardous process and employing upto 50 workers;

(ii) that the factory has not been constructed in accordance with the plans approved by the Registering Officer or Authority as the case may be, or in non-compliance with the conditions subject to which the plans are approved;

(iii) that material requirements of the relevant provisions specified in the rule 100 or rules or regulations made under the Code or the Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 in relation to the factory concerned have not been complied with;

(iv) that there is imminent danger to human life in the factory due to explosive material or inflammable or toxic dust, gas or fumes, and effective measures, in his opinion, have not been taken to remove the danger; or

(v) that any outcome against the safety, health and working conditions of workers if any inquiry is made under sub-section (3) of section 119.

(2) Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained with respect to cancellation and unless earlier renewed, every such licence shall remain in force until the 31st day of March next following and shall then expire.

Source: The Rajasthan Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026, S.O. 23 — Rajasthan Gazette Extraordinary, Part 4 (Ga), Sub-section (II), pp. 8–9 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 8 · official download · all sources