Appointment of Officers to Impose Penalties under Section 85(1) of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020
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3244 GI/2026 (1) REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 xxxGIDHxxx xxxGIDExxx EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY (1)
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सं. 2227] No. 2227] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026/VAISAKHA 18, 1948 CG-DL-E-08052026-272347 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] 2.
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MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th May, 2026 S.O. 2318(E).— In pursuance of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 85 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020), the Central Government hereby appoints the following officers specified in column (2) of the Table, for holding inquiry and for imposing penalty under sub-sections (3), (5), (10), (11) and (20) of section 86 of the said Code, in respect of the industrial establishments for which the Central Government is the appropriate Government, within the areas specified against them in column (3) of the said Table, namely:- TABLE Sl. No.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central), in the office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi The whole of India.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Ahmedabad Region The State of Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Ajmer Region The State of Rajasthan.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Asansol Region The districts of Bardhaman East, Bardhaman West, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Bengaluru Region The State of Karnataka.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Bhubaneshwar Region The State of Odisha.
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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] 7.
All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Mumbai Region The State of Maharashtra except the districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Gadchiroli, Nanded, Parbhani, Yavatmal, Osmanabad, Latur, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli and the State of Goa.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Kolkata Region The State of West Bengal except the districts of Bardhaman East, Bardhaman West, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia, the State of Sikkim and the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Cochin Region The State of Kerala and the Union territory of Lakshadweep and the district of Mahe in the Union territory of Puducherry.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Chandigarh Region The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Dhanbad Region The State of Jharkhand excluding the districts of Pakur, Latehar, Garhwa, Palamu, Sahibganj, Dumka and Godda.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Guwahati Region The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Hyderabad Region The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the area of Yanam of the Union territory of Puducherry.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Jabalpur Region The State of Madhya Pradesh.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Kanpur Region The State of Uttar Pradesh except the districts of Saharanpur, Bijnaur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Bareilly, Moradabad, Badaun, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Dehradun Region The State of Uttarakhand and the districts of Saharanpur, Bijnaur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Bareilly, Moradabad, Badaun, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Chennai Region The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of Puducherry except the districts of Mahe and Yanam 18.
All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Nagpur Region The districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Gadchiroli, Nanded, Parbhani, Yavatmal, Osmanabad, Latur, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Delhi Region National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Patna Region The State of Bihar and the districts of Gharwha, Latehar, Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the State of Jharkhand.
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All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Raipur Region The State of Chhattisgarh.
[F. No. S-11025/11/2026-IR(PL)] DEEPIKA KACHHAL, Jt. Secy.
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