Contents of the OSH Rules (Uttar Pradesh)

The Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026

Rule 113. Permission to work by employees outside industrial premises under sub-section (1) of section 76

Chapter IX — Special Provisions for Contract Labour Inter-state Migrant Workers, Audio- Visual Workers and Beedi and Cigar WorkersPart IV — Beedi and Cigar WorkersMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305, 27 Aug 2026

Official text

(1) The employer shall make an application on Form- 38 addressed to Additional Chief Secretary/ Principal Secretary, Labour Department Government of Uttar Pradesh on behalf of the employees to obtain permission for wetting and cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves by employees outside the industrial premises through Labour Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh. The Labour Commissioner shall forward the application with his comments within a period of seven days to the State Government.

(2) The State Government may decide the application within a period of thirty days.

(3) The permission granted by the State Government under sub-rule (2) shall be valid only for such period as specified in the order granting permission under following conditions:-

(a) the employer who applies for the above permission shall have valid licence issued under section 74 for such premises;

(b) the suitability of the place which it is proposed to be used for wetting or cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves;

(c) wetting or cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves shall be carried on only in the place for which the permission is granted;

(d) the total number of employees employed by the employer for wetting or cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves outside the industrial premises shall not exceed the total number of workers for which licence has been issued under section 74;

(e) the licensing authority may, in addition to the foregoing terms and conditions, determine and specify in the permission such other terms and conditions, in individual cases as it may deem necessary.

Source: The Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026, Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305 — Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, 27 August 2026, p. 331 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 331 · official download · all sources

The rules were made in Hindi. The English text is the translation published by order of the Governor under clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution, which makes it the authoritative text in English. Rule headings are printed as marginal notes.