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Notification regarding Appellate Authority in case of CLC under the OSH and WC Code 2020

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**Executive Summary** This notification, issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment on May 13, 2026, appoints specific officers as appellate authorities under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020. Exercising powers under Section 111(3) of the Code, the Central Government defines the local limits of jurisdiction for these authorities. The appointments establish a formal structure for legal appeals across India and its territories. **Key Points / Main Content** **Legal Framework and Purpose** * The appointments are made in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 111 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020). * The primary purpose is to designate officers as the "appellate authority" for matters arising under the Code within specified geographical limits. **National Jurisdiction** * The Additional Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and all Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) within the Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner in New Delhi are granted jurisdiction over the whole of India. **Regional and State-Specific Jurisdictions** * The document establishes 20 specific regional jurisdictions assigned to Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central): * **State-Wide Jurisdictions:** Includes Rajasthan (Ajmer region), Karnataka (Bengaluru region), Odisha (Bhubaneshwar region), Madhya Pradesh (Jabalpur region), and Chhattisgarh (Raipur region). * **Mixed State and Union Territory Jurisdictions:** Includes Gujarat with Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; Kerala with Lakshadweep and Mahe; and Chandigarh with Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. * **District-Specific Jurisdictions:** States like West Bengal, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh are divided into multiple regions (e.g., Asansol vs. Kolkata) with specific districts assigned to each to ensure localized oversight. * **Specialized Areas:** The Delhi region specifically covers the National Capital Territory of Delhi. **Impact Analysis** **Additional Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and HQ Deputy Commissioners** **Impact** These officers are designated as the primary appellate authorities with a mandate covering the entire country. **Action Required** They must prepare to receive and adjudicate appeals arising under the Code from any location within India. **Regional Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central)** **Impact** These officers are granted appellate authority over specific states, districts, or Union Territories as defined in the provided table. **Action Required** They must exercise appellate powers for cases originating within their assigned geographical limits, such as the Mumbai, Chennai, or Dhanbad regions. **Establishments and Employees (Stakeholders under the Code)** **Impact** Stakeholders now have a clearly defined legal roadmap identifying which authority to approach for appeals based on their physical location. **Action Required** In the event of a dispute or appeal under the Code, parties must identify their correct appellate authority by referencing the jurisdictional table specified in the notification.

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Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020: The principal legislation under which the Central Government designates appellate authorities to oversee workplace safety and labor standards. Ministry of Labour and Employment: The primary central ministry responsible for issuing this notification and managing the administration of labor laws across India. Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central): The regulatory body whose senior officials, including Additional and Deputy Commissioners, are appointed as appellate authorities for various regional jurisdictions.
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रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-17052026-272644 CG-DxLx-xEG-I1D7H0x5x2x0 26-272644 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.ं 2411] नई दिल्ली, बृिस्ट्प जतिार, मई 14, 2026/ििै ाख 24, 1948 No. 2411] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026/VAISAKHA 24, 1948 श्रम और रोिगार मत्रं ालय अजधसचू ना नई दिल्ली, 13 मई, 2026 का.आ. 2503 (अ).— केन्द्रीय सरकार, उपिीजिका िन्द्य सरु क्षा, स्ट्िास्ट््य और कायय ििाएँ संजिता, 2020 (2020 का 37) की धारा 111 की उपधारा (3) द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, नीचे िी गई सारणी के स्ट्तंभ (2) म ें उजल्लजखत अजधकाररयों को सारणी के स्ट्तम्भ (3) में जिजनर्ियष्ट उनके संबंजधत अजधकार क्षेत्र की स्ट्थानीय सीमाओं के भीतर संजिता के प्रयोिन के जलए अपीलीय प्राजधकारी के रूप में जनयिु करती ि:ै सारणी क्रम सख्ं या. अजधकारी का पिनाम अजधकाररता (1) (2) (3) 1. अपर मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय),सभी उप मुख्य संपूणय भारत श्रम आयिु (केंरीय), मख्ु य श्रम आयिु (केंरीय) का कायायलय, नई दिल्ली 3486 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] 2. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), अिमिाबाि क्षेत्र गुिरात राज्य तथा िािरा और नागर ििले ी और िमण और िीि संघ राज्य क्षेत्र। 3. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), अिमेर क्षेत्र रािस्ट्थान राज्य 4. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), आसनसोल क्षेत्र पजिमी बंगाल राज्य के परु ब बधयमान, पजिम बधयमान, बीरभूम, बांकुरा और पुरुजलया जिले। 5. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), बगें लरुु क्षेत्र कनायटक राज्य 6. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), भुिनेश्वर क्षेत्र ओजडिा राज्य 7. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), मुंबई क्षेत्र मिाराष्ट्र राज्य (नागपुर, भडं ारा, अकोला, बीड, अमरािती, िधा,य बलु ढाणा, िलगांि, चरं पुर, नांिड़े , गढ़जचरौली, परभणी, लातूर, यितमाल, उस्ट्मानाबाि, हिगं ोली, गोंदिया और िाजिम जिलों के जसिाय) और गोिा राज्य। 8. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), कोलकाता क्षेत्र पजिमी बंगाल राज्य (पुरब बधमय ान, पजिम बधयमान, बीरभूम, बांकुरा और पुरुजलया जिलों के जसिाय), जसदिम राज्य और अंडमान और जनकोबार द्वीप संघ राज्यक्षेत्र। 9. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), कोजि क्षेत्र केरल राज्य और लक्षद्वीप संघ राज्य क्षेत्र तथा पुिचु ेरी संघ राज्य क्षेत्र का माि ेक्षेत्र। 10. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), चडं ीगढ़ क्षेत्र जिमाचल प्रिेि, पंिाब, िररयाणा राज्य और िम्म ू और कश्मीर, लद्दाख तथा चडं ीगढ़ संघ राज्य क्षेत्र। 11. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), धनबाि क्षेत्र झारखंड राज्य के जिले- धनबाि, बोकारो, ििारीबाग, कोडरमा, रांची, लोिरिगा, गुमला, जसमडेगा, चतरा, पूिी हसंिभूम, पजिमी हसंिभूम, जगररडीि, िेिघर, सरायकेला (खरसािां), िामताड़ा, खूंटी और रामगढ। 12. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), गुिािाटी क्षेत्र असम, नागालैंड, मघे ालय, जत्रपरु ा, मजणपुर, जमिोरम और अरुणाचल प्रििे राज्य। 13. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), ििै राबाि क्षेत्र आंध्र प्रिेि और तले गं ाना राज्य तथा पुड़च़ु रे ी संघ राज्य क्षेत्र का यानम क्षेत्र।[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3 14. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), िबलपुर क्षेत्र मध्य प्रििे राज्य। 15. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), कानपरु क्षेत्र उत्तर प्रििे राज्य [सिारनपरु , जबिनौर, मरे ठ, गाजियाबाि, बुलंिििर, बरेली, मुिफ्फरनगर, बिाय,ूँ मुरािाबाि, ज्योजतबा फुले नगर (अमरोिा), पीलीभीत, िािििांपुर, रामपुर, बागपत, िापुड़, िामली और गौतम बुद्ध नगर जिले के जसिाय]। 16. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), िेिरािनू क्षेत्र उत्तराखंड राज्य और उत्तर प्रििे राज्य के सिारनपुर, जबिनौर, मरे ठ, गाजियाबाि, बुलिं ििर, बरेली, मुिफ्फरनगर, मुरािाबाि, ज्योजतबा फुल े नगर ( अमरोिा), पीलीभीत, िािििांपुर, बिाय,ूँ रामपरु , बागपत, िापुड़, िामली और गौतम बुद्ध नगर जिले। 17. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), चन्ने ई क्षेत्र तजमलनाडु राज्य और पुडुचरे ी संघ राज्यक्षेत्र (यानम और माि ेके जसिाय)। 18. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), नागपरु क्षेत्र मिाराष्ट्र राज्य के नागपुर, भंडारा, अकोला, अमरािती, िधा,य बलु ढाणा, िलगांि, चंरपरु , बीड, नांिेड़, गढ़जचरौली, परभणी, लातूर, यितमाल, उस्ट्मानाबाि, गोंदिया, िाजिम और हिगं ोली जिले। 19. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), दिल्ली क्षेत्र दिल्ली राष्ट्रीय रािधानी राज्यक्षेत्र। 20. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), पटना क्षेत्र जबिार राज्य और झारखडं राज्य के गढ़िा, लातेिार, साजिबगंि, पाकुड़, िमु का, पलामू और गोड्डा जिले। 21. सभी उप मुख्य श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), रायपुर क्षेत्र छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य। [फा. स.ं एस-65025/15/2026-आईएसएच-II] आलोक चरं , िररष्ठ श्रम और रोिगार सलािकार4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th May, 2026 S.O. 2503(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 111 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 (37 of 2020), the Central Government hereby appoints the officers mentioned in column (2) of the table as appellate authority for the purpose of the Code within the local limits of their jurisdiction specified in column (3) of the Table below: TABLE Serial No. Designation of Officer Jurisdiction (Area) (1) (2) (3) 1. Addl. Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The whole of India. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi 2. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The State of Gujarat and the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Ahmedabad region 3. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), T he State of Rajasthan Ajmer region 4. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), T he districts of Purbi Burdwan, Paschimi Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Asansol region Bengal. 5. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), T he State of Karnataka. Bangaluru region 6. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), T he State of Odisha Bhubaneshwar region 7. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), T he State of Maharashtra except the districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Beed, Amaravati, Wardha, Mumbai region Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Nanded, Gaddchiroli, Parbhanai, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim and the State of Goa. 8. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), T he State of West Bengal except the districts of Purbi Burdwan, Paschimi Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura and Kolkata region Purulia in the State of West Bengal, the State of Sikkim and the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 9. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The State of Kerala and Union territory of Cochin region Lakshadweep and Mahe in the Union territory of Puducherry. 10. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh region Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh.[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 5 11. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The State of Jharkhand- Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Dhanbad region Koderma, Ranchi, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, Chatra, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Giridih, Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan), Jamtara, Khunti and Ramgarh. 12. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Guwahati region Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. 13. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Hyderabad region area of Yanam in the Union territory of Puducherry. 14. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The State of Madhya Pradesh. Jabalpur region 15. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The State of Uttar Pradesh except the districts of Kanpur region Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar. 16. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The State of Uttarakhand and civil districts of Dehradun region Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh. 17. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of Chennai region Puducherry except Yanam and Mahe. 18. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amaravati, Nagpur region Wardha Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Nanded, Gaddchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra. 19. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), National Capital Territory of Delhi. Delhi region 20. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), The State of Bihar and the districts of Garhwa, Latehar, Patna region Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the State of Jharkhand. 21. All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) The State of Chhattisgarh. Raipur region [F. No. S-65025/15/2026-ISH-II] ALOK CHANDRA, Senior Labour And Employment Advisor 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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