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Notification i.r.o. Sub section 3 of section 31 of the Code on Wages, 2019

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**Executive Summary** Issued on May 12, 2026, by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, this notification identifies the specific authorities empowered to demand establishment balance sheets from employers under Section 31(3) of the Code on Wages, 2019. It supersedes the previous notification dated September 30, 2014, and establishes a updated jurisdictional framework for labor law enforcement across India. Employers must produce these financial documents when summoned by the designated regional officers. **Key Points / Main Content** * **Legal Authority and Scope** * The notification is issued in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 31 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019). * It supersedes the previous government notification S.O 2571(E) dated September 30, 2014, except for actions already completed or omitted under the prior order. * The designated authorities are empowered to call upon employers to produce the balance sheet of their establishment. * **Designated Officers** * The Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and Additional Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) have jurisdiction over the whole of India. * All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) are granted authority within their specific regional jurisdictions. * **Regional Jurisdictions** * The document defines 21 distinct regional jurisdictions covering all States and Union Territories. * **Ahmedabad Region:** Covers Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu. * **Chandigarh Region:** Covers Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Chandigarh. * **Kolkata Region:** Covers West Bengal (excluding specific districts), Sikkim, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. * **Mumbai Region:** Covers Goa and the State of Maharashtra (excluding districts under the Nagpur region). * **North-Eastern Region (Guwahati):** Covers Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. **Impact Analysis** **Stakeholder: Employers (under Central Government jurisdiction)** **Impact** Employers are legally mandated to disclose and produce their establishment’s balance sheet upon formal request from the designated central labor authorities. **Action Required** Employers must ensure their financial records and balance sheets are maintained and ready for presentation to the Assistant Labour Commissioner or Labour Enforcement Officer of their respective jurisdictional region when summoned. **Stakeholder: Central Labour Authorities (CLC, ALC, and LEO)** **Impact** These officers are granted formal legal power and clearly defined geographical boundaries to exercise oversight and ensure compliance with the Code on Wages, 2019. **Action Required** Designated officers must operate within their specified jurisdictions (as listed in the table of the notification) to call upon establishments to produce financial documentation for inspection.

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Code on Wages, 2019: The primary legislative act under which this notification is issued, specifically exercising powers conferred by Section 31(3) regarding the production of balance sheets. Ministry of Labour and Employment: The central government ministry responsible for the issuance and administrative oversight of this labor policy and its jurisdictional authorities. Chief Labour Commissioner (Central): The principal regulatory authority designated to call upon employers to produce establishment balance sheets within the specified jurisdictions across India.
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रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-14052026-272567 CG-DxLx-xEG-I1D4H0x5x2x0 26-272567 xxxGIDExxx असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii) PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY स.ं 2366] नई दिल्ली, मगं लवार, मई 12, 2026/विै ाख 22, 1948 No. 2366] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026/VAISAKHA 22, 1948 श्रम और रोिगार मत्रं ालय अजधसचू ना नई दिल्ली, 12 मई, 2026 का.आ. 2458(अ).— मजदरू ी संहिता, 2019 (2019 का 29) की धारा 31 की उप-धारा (3) द्वारा प्रदत्त शहियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, और भारत सरकार के श्रम एव ं रोजगार मत्रं ालय की अहधसूचना संख्या का.आ. 2571(अ), ददनांक 30 हसतंबर, 2014 को उन बातों के हसवाय अहधक्रहमत करते हुए, जो ऐस े अहधक्रमण स े पूवव की गई ि ैं या करन े का लोप दकया गया ि,ै केंद्र सरकार एतद्द्वारा नीच े दी गई ताहलका के स्तंभ (2) म ें उहललहित अहधकाररयों को उनके सामन े स्तंभ (3) म ें क्रमशः हनर्दवष्ट क्षेत्राहधकार के भीतर हस्ित उन हनयोिाओं हजनके संबंध म ें केंद्र सरकार समहु चत सरकार ि,ै को अपने समक्ष प्रहतष्ठान का तलु न-पत्र प्रस्तुत करने के हलए बुलान े िते ु प्राहधकारी अहधसूहचत करती ि,ै अिावत:- 3423 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] सारणी क्रम अहधकारी अहधकार-क्षत्रे संख्या (2) (3) (1) 1. मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंद्रीय), अहतररि मुख्य संपूणव भारत। श्रम आयिु (केंद्रीय), सभी सिायक श्रम आयुि (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतवन अहधकारी (केंद्रीय), मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंद्रीय) का कायावलय, नई ददलली 2. अिमदाबाद क्षत्रे म ेंसभी सिायक श्रम आयुि गुजरात राज्य और दादरा एव ंनगर िवेली तिा दमन और दीव के (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतवन अहधकारी संघ राज्य क्षेत्र। (केंद्रीय) 3. अजमेर क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयिु राजस्िान राज्य। (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतवन अहधकारी (केंद्रीय) 4. आसनसोल क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयिु पहिम बंगाल राज्य के हसहवल हजले म ें बधधमान-पूवव, बधधमान- (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतवन अहधकारी पहिम, बीरभूम, बांकुरा और परुु हलया। (केंद्रीय) 5. बेंगलरुु क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयुि कणावटक राज्य। (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतवन अहधकारी (केंद्रीय) 6. भुवनेश्वर क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयुि ओहिशा राज्य. (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी (केंद्रीय) 7. चंिीगढ़ क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयुि हिमाचल प्रदशे , पंजाब, िररयाणा राज्य और जम्म ू और कश्मीर, (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी लद्दाि और चंिीगढ़ के संघ राज्यक्षेत्र। (केंद्रीय) 8. चेन्नई क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयिु तहमलनािु राज्य और पिु ुचेरी संघ राज्यक्षेत्र (यनम और माि े (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी हजलों को छोड़कर)। (केंद्रीय) 9. कोचीन क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयुि केरल राज्य, लक्षद्वीप और पिु ुचेरी के संघ राज्यक्षेत्र म ें माि े (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी हजला। (केंद्रीय) 10. देिरादनू क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयुि उत्तर प्रदेश राज्य और उत्तरािंि राज्य के हसहवल हजले म े (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी शाहमल सिारनपरु , हबजनौर, मेरठ, गाहजयाबाद, बुलंदशिर, (केंद्रीय) बरेली, मुजफ्फरनगर, मरु ादाबाद, अमरोिा, पीलीभीत,[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3 शािजिांपुर, बदाय,ूं रामपुर, बागपत, िापड़ु , शामली, संभल और गौतम बुद्ध नगर के ि।ैं 11. धनबाद क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयुि झारिंि राज्य के हनम्नहलहित हजले- धनबाद, बोकारो, (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी िजारीबाग, कोिरमा, रांची, लोिरदगा, गुमला, हसमिगे ा, चतरा, (केंद्रीय) पूवी ससंिभूम, पहिमी ससंिभूम, हगररिीि, रामगढ़, िूंटी, देवगढ़, सरायकेला (िरसावां) और जामताड़ा। 12. गुवािाटी क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयुि असम, नागालैंि, मेघालय, हत्रपुरा, महणपुर, हमजोरम और (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी अरुणाचल प्रदेश राज्य। (केंद्रीय) 13. िदै राबाद क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयुि आंध्र प्रदेश, तले ंगाना राज्य और संघ राज्यक्षेत्र पुिुचरे ी म ें यनम (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी हजले का क्षेत्र। (केंद्रीय) 14. जबलपुर क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयिु मध्य प्रदशे राज्य। (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी (केंद्रीय) 15. कानपुर क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयिु उत्तर प्रदेश राज्य [सिारनपरु , हबजनौर, मरे ठ, गाहजयाबाद, (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी बुलंदशिर, बरेली, मुजफ्फरनगर, बदाय,ूं मरु ादाबाद, अमरोिा, (केंद्रीय) पीलीभीत, शािजिांपुर, रामपरु , बागपत, िापड़ु , संभल, शामली और गौतमबुद्ध नगर के हसहवल हजलों को छोड़कर] । 16. कोलकाता क्षत्रे म ेंसभी सिायक श्रम आयिु पहिम बंगाल राज्य (पहिम बंगाल राज्य म ें - बधधमान-पवू व, (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी बधधमान-पहिम, बीरभूम, बांकुरा और परुु हलया के हसवल हजलों (केंद्रीय) को छोड़कर, हसदिम राज्य और अंिमान और हनकोबार द्वीप समूि संघ राज्य क्षेत्र। 17. मुंबई क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयुि मिाराष्ट्र राज्य (नागपुर, भंिारा, अकोला, बीि, अमरावती, (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी वधा,व बुलढाणा, जलगांव, चंद्रपुर, नांदड़े , गढ़हचरौली, परभणी, (केंद्रीय) लातूर, यवतमाल, धाराहशव, सिगं ोली, गोंददया और वाहशम के हसहवल हजलों को छोड़कर),) तिा गोवा राज्य। 18. नागपुर क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयिु मिाराष्ट्र राज्य के हसवल हजले म ें नागपुर, भंिारा, अकोला, (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी अमरावती, वधा,व बलु ढाणा, जलगांव, चंद्रपुर, बीि, नांदड़े , (केंद्रीय) गढ़हचरौली, धाराहशव, गोंददया, वाहशम और सिगं ोली। 19. ददलली क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयिु राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षत्रे ददलली। (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी (केंद्रीय) 20. पटना क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयिु हबिार राज्य और झारिंि राज्य म ें गढ़वा, लातेिार, साहिबगजं , (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतनव अहधकारी पाकुड़, दमु का, पलाम ूऔर गोड्डा के हसहवल हजल े I (केंद्रीय)4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] 21. रायपुर क्षत्रे म ें सभी सिायक श्रम आयिु छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य। (केंद्रीय) और सभी श्रम प्रवतवन अहधकारी (केंद्रीय) [फा. स.ं एस-33027/2/2026-डब्लल्यूबी] तेिस्ट्वी एस. नायक, संयुक् त सजचव MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th May, 2026 S.O. 2458(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 31 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Labour and Employment number S.O 2571(E), dated the 30th September, 2014, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby notifies the officers mentioned in column (2) of the Table below to be the authorities to call upon the employer to produce the balance sheet before it, from his establishment, in relation to which the Central Government is the appropriate Government, situated within the jurisdictional area specified, respectively, against them in column (3) thereof, namely:- TABLE Sl. Officers Jurisdiction No. (2) (3) (1) 1. The Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The whole of India. Additional Chief Labour Commissioners (Central), All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central), office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi 2. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra and and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. in Ahmedabad Region 3. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Rajasthan. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Ajmer Region 4. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The civil districts of Bardhaman-East, Bardhaman-West, and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal. in Asansol Region 5. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Karnataka. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Bengaluru Region 6. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Odisha. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Bhubaneshwar Region 7. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and in Chandigarh Region Chandigarh. 8. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Puducherry (except Yanam and Mahe districts). in Chennai Region 9. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Kerala, Union Territory of Lakshadweep and and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Mahe district in the Union Territory of Puducherry. in Cochin Region[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 5 10. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Uttarakhand and civil districts of Saharanpur, and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Bareilly, in Dehradun Region Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Amroha, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli, Sambhal and Gautam Buddha Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh. 11. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The following districts of the State of Jharkhand- Dhanbad, and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Ranchi, Lohardaga, in Dhanbad Region Gumla, Simdega, Chatra, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Giridih, Ramgarh, Khunti, Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan) and Jamtara. 12. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. in Guwahati Region 13. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and the area of and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Yanam district in the Union Territory of Puducherry. in Hyderabad Region 14. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Madhya Pradesh. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Jabalpur Region 15. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Uttar Pradesh [except the civil districts of and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, in Kanpur Region Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, Moradabad, Amroha, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Sambhal, Shamli and Gautam Buddha Nagar]. 16. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of West Bengal (except the civil districts of and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Bardhaman-East, Bardhaman-West, Birbhum, Bankura in Kolkata Region and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, the State of Sikkim and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 17. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Maharashtra (except the civil districts of and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Beed, Amaravati, Wardha, in Mumbai Region Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Nanded, Gadchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, Yeotmal, Dharashiv, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim) and the State of Goa. 18. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amaravati, and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Wardha Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Nanded, in Nagpur Region Gadchiroli, Dharashiv, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra. 19. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) National Capital Territory of Delhi. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Delhi Region 20. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Bihar and the civil districts of Garhwa, and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) Latehar, Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in in Patna Region the State of Jharkhand. 21. All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) The State of Chhattisgarh. and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Raipur Region [F. No. S-33027/2/2026-WB] TEJASWI S. NAIK, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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