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Date: 2026-05-14 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

Notification regarding appointment of Designated Authority for license 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 Regional and Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) as "Designated Authorities" under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020. It establishes specific geographical jurisdictions for these officers across 21 designated regions, effectively superseding four previous government notifications from 2016. **Key Points / Main Content** **Legal Authority and Supersession** * The appointments are made in exercise of powers conferred by Section 46, read with Section 119(1) of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020. * This document supersedes four previous notifications: S.O. 4196(E) and S.O. 4201(E) dated December 28, 2016, and S.O. 4291(E) and S.O. 4296(E) dated November 28, 2016. **Designated Officers** * The designated authorities include all Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) and all Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) within their respective regions. * Officers located at the Headquarters in New Delhi hold jurisdiction over the entirety of India. **Geographical Jurisdictions** The document divides the country into 21 specific jurisdictions, including but not limited to: * **Ahmadabad Region:** Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu. * **Mumbai and Nagpur Regions:** Divided districts of Maharashtra and the State of Goa. * **Kolkata and Asansol Regions:** Specific districts of West Bengal, Sikkim, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. * **Chandigarh Region:** Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Chandigarh. * **Guwahati Region:** Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. * **Regional Hubs:** Specific jurisdictions defined for Ajmer, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Cochin, Dhanbad, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Dehradun, Chennai, Delhi, Patna, and Raipur. **Impact Analysis** **Regional and Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central)** **Impact** These officers are now formally empowered as the "Designated Authority" under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, for their specific territories. **Action Required** Officers must assume their roles as designated authorities and exercise their legal powers within the local limits of the jurisdictions specified in the notification's table. **Establishments and Employers** **Impact** Businesses and establishments are now under the direct oversight of specific designated authorities based on their physical location. **Action Required** Employers must identify the specific Regional or Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central) responsible for their area to ensure compliance with the 2020 Code. **Ministry of Labour and Employment Officials** **Impact** Administrative clarity is provided regarding which officials are responsible for enforcing the Code in various parts of India. **Action Required** The Ministry must ensure the transition from the 2016 framework to the 2020 Code framework is implemented according to these jurisdictional boundaries.

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Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020: The primary legislative framework under which the central government appoints designated authorities to oversee workplace safety and health standards. Ministry of Labour and Employment: The central ministry responsible for issuing the notification and administering the enforcement of labour laws across India. Chief Labour Commissioner (Central): The principal official designated as the authority under the Code with jurisdiction covering the entire territory of India. Regional Labour Commissioner (Central): Gazetted officers appointed as designated authorities for specific geographical jurisdictions and regional offices across various states and union territories.
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रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-18052026-272647 CG-DxLx-xEG-I1D8H0x5x2x0 26-272647 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.ं 2416] नई दिल्ली, बृिस्ट्प जतवार, मई 14, 2026/विै ाख 24, 1948 No. 2416] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026/VAISAKHA 24, 1948 श्रम एव ंरोज़गार मत्रं ालय अजधसचू ना नई दिल्ली, 13 मई, 2026 का.आ. 2508(अ).— केन्द्रीय सरकार, उपिीजवका िन्द्य सुरक्षा, स्ट्वास्ट््य और काययििाए ं सजं िता, 2020 (2020 का 37) की धारा 119 की उपधारा (1) के साथ पठित धारा 46 द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए भारत सरकार के श्रम एवं रोज़गार मंत्रालय की अजधसूचना संख्या का.आ. 4196(अ) तारीख 28 दिसंबर 2016, 4201(अ) तारीख 28 दिसंबर 2016, 4291(अ) तारीख 28 नवंबर 2016 और 4296(अ) तारीख 28 नवंबर 2016 को अजधक्ांत करत े हुए, नीचे िी गई सारणी के स्ट्तंभ (2) म ें उजल्लजखत सरकार के रािपजत्रत अजधकाठरयों को, नीचे िी गई सारणी के स्ट्तंभ (3) म ें जवजनर्ियष्ट अजधकाठरता की स्ट्थानीय सीमाओं के भीतर उि संजिता के प्रयोिन िते ु अजभजित प्राजधकारी के रूप में जनयिु करती ि:ै - सारणी क्म सख्ं या अजधकारी का पिनाम अजधकाठरता (क्षत्रे ) (1) (2) (3) 1. मुख्यालय, मुख्य श्रम आयिु (केंरीय), नई दिल्ली के संपूणय भारत। कायायलय में सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केन्द्रीय) और सभी सिायक श्रम आयिु (केन्द्रीय)। 3491 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] 2. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम गुिरात राज्य तथा िािरा और नगर िवेली और आयुि (केन्द्रीय), अिमिाबाि क्षेत्र िमन और िीव संघ राज्यक्षेत्र। 3. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम रािस्ट्थान राज्य आयुि (केन्द्रीय), अिमरे क्षेत्र 4. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम पजिमी बंगाल राज्य में परू ब बधयमान, पजिम आयुि (केन्द्रीय), आसनसोल क्षत्रे बधयमान, बीरभूम, बांकुरा और पुरुजलया जसजवल जिले। 5. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम कनायटक राज्य। आयुि (केन्द्रीय), बेंगलुरु क्षेत्र 6. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम ओजडिा राज्य। आयुि (केन्द्रीय), भुवनेश्वर क्षेत्र 7. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम मिाराष्ट्र राज्य (नागपुर, भंडारा, अकोला, बीड, आयुि (केन्द्रीय), मुंबई क्षेत्र अमरावती, वधा,य बलु ढाणा, िलगांव, चंरपरु , नांिड़े , गढ़जचरौली, परभणी, लातूर, यवतमाल, उस्ट्मानाबाि, हिगं ोली, गोंदिया और वाजिम जिलों के जसवाय) तथा गोवा राज्य। 8. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम पजिमी बंगाल राज्य (परू ब बधमय ान, पजिम आयुि (केन्द्रीय), कोलकाता क्षत्रे बधयमान, बीरभूम, बांकुरा और पुरुजलया जिलों के जसवाय), जसदिम राज्य और अिं मान और जनकोबार द्वीप समूि संघ राज्यक्षेत्र। 9. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केन्द्रीय , और सभी सिायक श्रम केरल राज्य और लक्षद्वीप संघ राज्यक्षेत्र तथा पुिचु ेरी आयुि (केंरीय), कोजि क्षेत्र संघ राज्यक्षेत्र का माि ेक्षेत्र। 10. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम जिमाचल प्रिेि, पंिाब, िठरयाणा राज्य और िम्मू - आयुि (केंरीय), चडं ीगढ़ क्षेत्र कश्मीर, लद्दाख तथा चंडीगढ़ सघं राज्यक्षेत्र। 11. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम झारखंड राज्य के: धनबाि, बोकारो, ििारीबाग, आयुि (केंरीय), धनबाि क्षेत्र कोडरमा, रांची, लोिरिगा, गमु ला, जसमडगे ा, चतरा, पूवी हसंिभूम, पजिमी हसंिभूम, जगठरडीि, िेवघर, सरायकेला (खरसावां), िामताड़ा, खूंटी और रामगढ। 12. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम असम, नागालडैं , मेघालय, जत्रपरु ा, मजणपुर, आयुि (केंरीय), गुवािाटी क्षेत्र जमिोरम और अरुणाचल प्रिेि राज्य। 13. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम आंध्र प्रिेि और तेलगं ाना राज्य तथा पुिचु रे ी संघ आयुि (केंरीय), ििै राबाि क्षेत्र राज्य-क्षेत्र का यनम क्षेत्र। 14. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम मध्य प्रििे राज्य। आयुि (केंरीय), िबलपुर क्षेत्र[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3 15. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम उत्तर प्रिेि राज्य [सिारनपरु , जबिनौर, मरे ि, आयुि (केंरीय), कानपरु क्षेत्र गाजियाबाि, बुलंिििर, बरेली, मुिफ्फरनगर, बिाय,ूूँ मुरािाबाि, ज्योजतबा फुले नगर (अमरोिा), पीलीभीत, िािििाूँपुर, रामपरु , बागपत, िापड़ु , िामली और गौतम बुद्ध नगर जसजवल जिलों के जसवाय]। 16. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम उत्तराखंड राज्य और उत्तर प्रििे राज्य में सिारनपरु , आयुि (केंरीय), िेिरािनू क्षेत्र जबिनौर, मेरि, गाजियाबाि, बुलंिििर, बरेली, मुिफ्फरनगर, मरु ािाबाि, ज्योजतबा फुले नगर (अमरोिा) , पीलीभीत, िािििाूँपुर, बिाय,ूूँ रामपुर, बागपत, िापुड़, िामली और गौतम बुद्ध नगर जसजवल जिले। 17. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम तजमलनाडु राज्य और पिु चु ेरी संघ राज्यक्षेत्र (यनम आयुि (केंरीय), चन्ने ई क्षेत्र और माि े के जसवाय)। 18. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम मिाराष्ट्र राज्य में नागपरु , भंडारा, अकोला, आयुि (केंरीय), नागपरु क्षेत्र अमरावती, वधा,य बलु ढाणा, िलगांव, चंरपरु , बीड, नांिेड़, गढ़जचरौली, परभणी, लातूर, यवतमाल, उस्ट्मानाबाि, गोंदिया, वाजिम और हिगं ोली जसजवल जिले। 19. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम दिल्ली राष्ट्रीय रािधानी राज्यक्षेत्र। आयुि (केंरीय), दिल्ली क्षेत्र 20. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम जबिार राज्य और झारखडं राज्य के गढ़वा, लातेिार, आयुि (केंरीय), पटना क्षेत्र साजिबगंि, पाकुड़, िमु का, पलामू और गोड्डा जसजवल जिले। 21. सभी क्षेत्रीय श्रम आयुि (केंरीय), और सभी सिायक श्रम छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य। आयुि (केंरीय), रायपुर क्षेत्र [फा.सं.एस. 65025/19/2026-आईएसएच-II] आलोक चरं , वठरष्ठ श्रम और रोज़गार सलािकार MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th May, 2026 S.O. 2508(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 46 read with sub-section (1) of section 119 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020) and in supersession of the notification of Government of India in the Ministry of Labour and Employment vide even numbers S.O. 4196(E) dated the 28th December 2016, S.O. 4201(E) dated the 28th December 2016, S.O. 4291(E) dated the 28th November 2016 and S.O. 4296(E) dated the 28th November 2016, the Central Government hereby appoints the gazetted officers of the Government mentioned in column (2) of the table below to be the Designated Authority for the purpose of the Code, within the local limits of the jurisdiction specified in column (3) of the Table below:-4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] TABLE Serial Designation of Officers Jurisdiction (Area) number (1) (2) (3) 1. All Regional Labour Commissioner The whole of India (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) in the Head Quarters, Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi 2. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Gujarat and the union territories of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Commissioners (Central), Ahmedabad region 3. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Rajasthan (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central), Ajmer region 4. All Regional Labour Commissioner The districts of Purba Bardhaman, Paschim (Central) and All Assistant Labour Bardhaman, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the Commissioners (Central), Asansol State of West Bengal. region 5. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Karnataka. (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central), Bangaluru region 6. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Odisha (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central), Bhubaneshwar region 7. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Maharashtra except the districts of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Beed, Amaravati, Commissioners (Central), Mumbai Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Nanded, region Gaddchiroli, Parbhanai, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim and the State of Goa. 8. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of West Bengal except the districts of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum, Commissioners (Central), Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, the Kolkata region State of Sikkim and the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 9. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Kerala and union territory of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Lakshadweep and Mahe in the union territory of Commissioners (Central), Cochin Puducherry. region 10. All Regional Labour Commissioner The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana (Central) and All Assistant Labour and union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Commissioners (Central), Chandigarh and Chandigarh. region 11. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Jharkhand- Dhanbad, Bokaro, (Central) and All Assistant Labour Hazaribagh, Koderma, Ranchi, Lohardaga, Gumla, Commissioners (Central), Dhanbad Simdega, Chatra, East Singhbhum, West region Singhbhum, Giridih, Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan), Jamtara, Khunti and Ramgarh. 12. All Regional Labour Commissioner The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, (Central) and All Assistant Labour Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 5 Commissioners (Central), Guwahati region 13. All Regional Labour Commissioner The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the (Central) and All Assistant Labour area of Yanam in the union territory of Puducherry. Commissioners (Central), Hyderabad region 14. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Madhya Pradesh. (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central), Jabalpur region 15. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Uttar Pradesh except the districts of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Commissioners (Central), Kanpur Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, region Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar. 16. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Uttarakhand and districts of Saharanpur, (Central) and All Assistant Labour Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Commissioners (Central), Dehradun Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar region (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh. 17. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of (Central) and All Assistant Labour Puducherry (except Yanam and Mahe) Commissioners (Central), Chennai region 18. All Regional Labour Commissioner The districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, (Central) and All Assistant Labour Amaravati, Wardha Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Commissioners (Central), Nagpur Beed, Nanded, Gaddchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, region Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra. 19. All Regional Labour Commissioner National Capital Territory of Delhi. (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central), Delhi region 20. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Bihar and the districts of Garhwa, (Central) and All Assistant Labour Latehar, Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Commissioners (Central), Patna Godda in the State of Jharkhand. region 21. All Regional Labour Commissioner The State of Chhattisgarh. (Central) and All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) Raipur region [F. No. S-65025/19/2026-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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