Contents of the OSH Rules (Uttar Pradesh)

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

Rule 82. Matters to be taken into account in granting or refusing a licence under sub-section (2) 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

In granting or refusing to grant a licence, the licensing officer shall take the following matters into account, namely:—

(a) For the purposes of obtaining license, the contractor as an entity or as an individual shall not be an un-discharged insolvent or be convicted at any time during the last two years, of an offence which is liable for punishment for more than three months of imprisonment.

(b) whether there is an order of the Central or State Government or an award or settlement for the abolition of contract labour in respect of the particular type of work in the establishment for which the applicant is a contractor;

(c) whether any order has been made in respect of the applicant under sub-section (1) of Section 14 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition Act, 1970 (Act no 37 of 1970) or Section 51 of the Code, and, if so, whether a period of three years has elapsed from the date of that order;

(d) whether the fees for the application has been deposited at the rate specified; and

(e) whether security has been deposited by the applicant at the rates specified.

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. 320 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 320 · 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.