Rule 78. Form and manner of granting Licence, modification and amendment to Contractor under sub-section (1) of section 48

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

Official text

(1) Every application by a Contractor for grant of licence regarding supply or engagement by contract labour or undertaking or execution of work through contract labour or modification or amendment of such licence shall be made electronically in Form-25 on the official portal of Government of Uttar Pradesh.
(2) Every application for the grant of a licence or modification or amendment thereof shall be accompanied by a certificate by the principal employer in Form-26, including particulars of information related to the employment of inter-state migrant workers, to the effect that the applicant has been employed by him as a contractor in relation to his establishment and that he undertakes to be bound by all the provisions of the Code and the rules made thereunder in so far as the provisions are applicable to him as principal employer in respect of the employment of contract labour by the applicant.
(3) The application shall be accompanied with a declaration of applicant that the information submitted by him for grant of licence or modification or amendment thereof is correct in all respects and he qualifies the requirement prescribed in rule 79.
(4) Fees to be paid for grant of such licence shall be as specified in the table below:-TABLE OF FEES FOR CONTRACT LABOUR LICENCE Sl.no Number of workers employed by the Amount of fees contractor in the establishment (in rupees)
(i) Up to 49 contract worker No licence is required
(ii) Fifty or more than fifty but less than hundred workers 2500.00
(iii) Hundred or more but less than two hundred fifty workers 5000.00
(iv) Two hundred fifty or more but less than five hundred 12500.00 workers
(v) More than five hundred workers 25000.00
Provided that the State Government may amend the above Table of schedule of fee for contract labour licence by general or special order.
(5) The Contactor shall deposit the security amount calculated at the rate of rupees one thousand for each of the workman to be employed as a contract labour in respect of which application for licence has been made.

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, pp. 318–319 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 318 · 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.