**Executive Summary**
This Delhi Gazette notification, issued on September 22, 2025, extends the declaration of ground handling services at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi as essential services. It prohibits strikes by employees of ground handling service providers and Delhi International Airport Ltd for a further period of six months, from September 24, 2025, to March 23, 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Essential Services Declaration:**
* Ground handling services at IGIA, Delhi, are declared as essential services.
* **Strike Prohibition:**
* Strikes by all employees of the Ground Handling Service Provider at IGIA are prohibited.
* Strikes by all employees of Delhi International Airport Ltd who provide ground handling services at IGIA are prohibited.
* **Period of Prohibition:**
* The strike prohibition is effective from September 24, 2025, to March 23, 2026 (six months).
* **Legal Basis:**
* The order is issued under Section 3(ii) read with Section 4A of the Haryana Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1974, as extended to Delhi.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Ground Handling Service Providers at IGIA**
* **Impact:** Operations must continue uninterrupted.
* **Action Required:** Ensure compliance with the order and prevent employee strikes.
**Stakeholder: Employees of Ground Handling Service Providers at IGIA**
* **Impact:** Cannot strike during the specified period.
* **Action Required:** Refrain from participating in any strike or agitation.
**Stakeholder: Delhi International Airport Ltd Employees (providing ground handling services)**
* **Impact:** Cannot strike during the specified period.
* **Action Required:** Refrain from participating in any strike or agitation.
**Stakeholder: General Public in Delhi**
* **Impact:** Ensures continued essential ground handling services at the airport.
* **Action Required:** No specific action required.
Key Entities Referenced
Haryana Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1974: Law extended to the National Capital Territory of Delhi, used to declare and maintain essential services by prohibiting strikes.
Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi: Location where ground handling services are declared essential and strikes are prohibited.
Delhi International Airport Ltd: Company providing ground handling services at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, whose employees' strikes are prohibited.
National Capital Territory of Delhi: Territory to which the Haryana Essential Services Maintenance Act is extended and where the order applies.
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राष्ट्रीय रािधानी राज्य क्षत्रे दिल्ली सरकार
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HOME (POLICE-III) DEPARTMENT
ORDER
Delhi, the 22 th Setember, 2025
F. No. 3/07/HESMA/2016/HP-II/1332-1343.— Whereas, vide Home Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi
order No. F. 3/07/HESMA/2016/HP-II/476-488 dated 21.03.2025, the Lt. Governor of the National Capital
Territory of Delhi declared the services of Ground Handling at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi as
essential services and prohibited the strike of all employees of the Ground Handling Service Provider at the IGIA,
Delhi as well as the employees of Delhi International Airport Ltd who provide the services of ground handling at
Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, for maintaining the said services necessary for the people in the National
Capital Territory of Delhi. The said notification is valid up to 23.9.2025.
And whereas, the Lt. Governor, Delhi of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is further satisfied that in
the public interest, it is necessary and expedient to prohibit the strike/agitation by the employees of Delhi
International Airport Ltd who provide the service of ground handling at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Now, therefore, the Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, in exercise of Powers
conferred upon him under section 3 clause (ii) read with section 4A of the Haryana Essential Services Maintenance
Act 1974 (Haryana Act No. 40 of 1974) as extended to the National Capital Territory of Delhi vide Govt. of India,
Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No. GSR 526 (E) dated 30.7.93, hereby orders that the above said services as
essential services and prohibits the strike by all employees of the Ground Handling Service Provider at the IGIA as
well as the employees of Delhi International Airport Ltd who provide the services of ground handling at Indira
Gandhi International Airport, Delhi for another period of six months w.e.f. 24.09.2025 upto 23.03.2026.
By Order and In the Name Of the Lt. Governor
of The National Capital Territory of Delhi.
SANJEEV KUNDU, Dy. Secy. (Home-III)
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