Jurisdiction of Zones and Regions of DGMS after Reorganisation

Government of India Ministry of Labour & Employment Directorate Genera/ of Mines Safety Circular No. 01 of 2023 To All Owner, Agent and Manager of the Mines.

Dhanbad, Dated May 2023 Sub: Jurisdiction of the Zones and Regions of DGMS after Reorganisation - Reg.

Please refer to the Notification of Government of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment, (Directorate General of Mines Safety), published in the Gazette of India, part II, Section — 3, Sub-Section (i), vide G.S.R. 300(E) dated the 1 7ff April 2023 read with corrigendum published vide G.S.R. 342(E) dated the 2nd May 2023 in respect of the Jurisdiction of Zones and Regions of the Directorate General of Mines Safety.

Subsequent to the reorganization of jurisdiction of zonal and regional offices of DGMS, revised jurisdiction of zones and regions is as below:

Central Zone (CZ) having jurisdiction in the State of Bihar and part of Jharkhand with Headquarters (HQ) at Dhanbad (Jharkhand), comprising of Dhanbad Region-I, Dhanbad Region-2, Dhanbad Region-3 and Koderma Region.

Dhanbad Region-I, Head Quarters at Dhanbad in the State of Jharkhand Part of the Jharkhand state All the mines in the district of Dhanbad lying on the West of Giridih- Tundi- Govindpur Road and North of NH- 32 from Govindpur - Dhanbad to Bokaro.

Dhanbad Region-2, Head Quarters at Dhanbad in the State of Jharkhand Part of the Jharkhand state All the mines in the district of Dhanbad lying on the East of Giridih- Tundi-Govindpur Road and South of NH-32 from Govindpur- Dhanbad to Bokaro.

Dhanbad Region-3, Head Quarters at Dhanbad in the State of Jharkhand All the mines in the districts of Jamtara, Deoghar, Dumka, Pakur, Godda Part of the Jharkhand and Sahebganj.

state Koderma Region, Head Quarters at Koderma in the State of Jharkhand Bihar state & Part of Jharkhand All the mines of Bihar state and all mines in the districts of Koderma, Giridih & Bokaro of Jharkhand state.

Eastern Zone (EZ) having jurisdiction in the States of West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and Union Territory (UT) of Andaman & Nicobar Islands with Headquarters at Sitarampur (West Bengal), comprising of Sitarampur Region-I, Sitarampur Region-2, Sitarampur Region-3 and Guwahati Region.

Sitarampur Region-I, Head Quarters at Sitarampur in the State of West Bengal Part of West Bengal state All the mines in the District of Paschim (West) Burdwan situated on the south 0fNH-2.

All mines in the districts of Purulia, Bankura, Jhargram, Paschim (west)

Medinipur and Purba (East) Medinipur.

Sitarampur Region-2, Head Quarters at Sitarampur in the State of West Bengal Part of West Bengal state All the mines in the districts of Paschim (west) Burdwan in the north of NH-2 and east of NH-60 leading from Punjabi more on NH-2 to Pandaveswar Ghat.

Alt Mines in the districts of Purbd( East) Burdvsan. Murshidabad. Nadia.

I-looghly. Kolkata.

North-24-Parganas, South-24-Parganas, Howrah, Malda, Dakshin Dinajpur, Uttar Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Alipurdwar, Cooch Behar and Kalimpong.

All Mines UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands Sitarampur Region-3, Head Quarters at Sitarampur in the State of West Bengal Part of West Bengal state All the mines in the districts of Paschim (West) Burdwan on the north of NH-2 and west of NH-60 leading from Punjabi more on NH-2 to Pandaveswar Ghat.

All the mines in the district of Birbhum Guwahati Region, Head Quarters at Guwahati in the State of Assam States of Assam, All Mines.

Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura South Eastern Zone (SEZ) having jurisdiction in the State of Odisha and Part of Jharkhand with Headquarters at Ranchi (Jharkhand), comprising of Ranchi Region, Chaibasa Region, Bhubaneswar Region-I and Bhubaneswar Region-2.

Ranchi Region, Head Quarters at Ranchi in the State of Jharkhand Part of the Jharkhand state All mines in the districts of Ranchi, Ramgarh, Hazaribagh, Chatra, Palamu and Garhwa.

Chaibasa Region, Head Quarters at Chaibasa in the State of Jharkhand Part of the Jharkhand state All Mines in the districts of East- Singhbhum, West-Singhbhum, Saraikela- Kharsawan, Gumla, Khunti, Simdega, Latehar and Lohardaga Bhubaneswar Region-I, Head Quarters at Bhubaneswar in the State of Odisha Part of Odisha state All Mines in the districts of Angul, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Keonjhar (Kendujhar), Bhadrak, Balasore( Baleswar), Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttak, Khordha, Puri, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati and Mayurbhanj.

Bhubaneswar Region-2, Head Quarters at Bhubaneswar in the State of Odisha Part of Odisha state All Mines in the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh (Debagarh), Boudh, Bargarh, Subarnapur (Sonepur), Nuapada, Balangir, Kandhamal (Phulbani), Rayagada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri.

South Central Zone (SCZ) having jurisdiction in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with Headquarters at Hyderabad (Telangana), comprising of Hyderabad Region-I, Hyderabad Region-2, Hyderabad Region-3 and Nellore Region.

Hyderabad Region-I, Head Quarters at Hyderabad in the State of Telangana Part of Telangana state All Mines in the districts of Khammam, Karimnagar, Hanumakonda, Warangal, Mahabubabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Jangoan, Siddipet, Mahabubnagar, Wanaparthy, Jogulamba Gadwal, Narayanpet, Suryapet, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Nalgonda and Nagarkurnool.

Hyderabad Region-2, Head Quarters at Hyderabad in the State of Telangana Part of the Telangana state All Mines in the districts of Adilabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Komuram Bheem, Nizamabad, Peddapalli, Rajanna-Sircilla, Kamareddy, Medak, Sangareddy, Jagtial and Vikarabad.

2 of 5 Hyderabad Region-3. Head Quarters at Hyderabad in the State of Telangana Part of the Andhra Pradesh state All Mines in the districts of West Godavari. East Godavari, Krishna, Kakinada, Dr B.R.Arnbedkar Konaseema, Eluru. Alluri Sitharamaraju, Guntur, Palnadu, Bapatla, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, Prakasam, Kurnool, Nandyal, Anakapalli, Parvathipuram-Manyam and NTR.

Nellore Region, Head Quarters at Nellore in the State of Andhra Pradesh Part of the Andhra Pradesh state All mines in the districts of Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore, YSR, Chittoor, Ananthapuramu, Annamayya, Tirupati, and Sri Satyasai.

Southern Zone (SZ) having jurisdiction in the States of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Union Territories (UTs) of Lakshadweep Islands & Puducherry with Headquarters at Bengaluru (Karnataka), comprising of Bengaluru Region, Bellary Region-I, Bellary Region-2 and Chennai Region.

Bengaluru Region, Head Quarters at Bengaluru in the State of Karnataka Part of the Karnataka state Kerala and UT of Lakshadweep Islands All mines in the districts of Chikmagalur, Dakshin Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Hassan, Kolar, Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Mandya, Mysuru (Mysore), Chamarajnagar, Kodagu, Ramanagara, Chikkaballapura, Davangere, Shivamogga and Udupi.

All Mines Bellary Region-I, Head Quarters at Bellary in the State of Karnataka Part of Karnataka state All Mines in the districts of Ballary(Bellary),Vijayanagara, Raichur(Raichuru), Yadgiri, Kalaburgi (Gulbarga) and Bidar Bellary Region-2, Head Quarters at Bellary in the State of Karnataka Part of the Karnataka state All mines in the districts of Vijayapura(Bijapur), Bagalkote, Gadag, Koppal, Belagavi(Belgaum), Dharwad, Haveri and Uttar Kannada.

Chennai Region, Head Quarters at Chennai in the State of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu state UT of Puducherry All mines All Mines.

Western Zone (WZ) having jurisdiction in the States of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Goa with Headquarter at Nagpur (Maharashtra), comprising of Nagpur Region-I, Nagpur Region-2, Bilaspur Region-I, Bilaspur Region-2, Raigarh Region and Goa Region.

Nagpur Region-I, Head Quarters at Nagpur in the State of Maharashtra Part of Maharashtra state All mines in the districts of Gondia, Bhandara, Nagpur, Wardha, Amravati, Akola, Buldhana, Jalna, Hingoli, Parbhani, Aurangabad, Washim and Gadchiroli.

Nagpur Region-2, Head Quarters at Nagpur in the State of Maharashtra Part of Maharashtra state All mines in the districts of Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Nanded, Latur, Beed and Osmanabad.

Bilaspur Region-I, Head Quarters at Bilaspur in the State of Chhattisgarh Part of Chhattisgarh state All Mines in the districts of Korba, Raipur, Gariaband, Balodabazar- Bhatapara, Dhamtari, Bastar, Kondagaon and Sukma.

Bilaspur Region-2, Head Quarters at Bilaspur in the State of Chhattisgarh Part of Chhattisgarh state All Mines in the districts of Korea, Manendragarh-Chirmiri- Bharatpur, Bilaspur, Mungeli, Kawardha(Kabirdham), Durg, Rajnandgaon, 3 of 5 Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chouki, Baled, Bemetara. Ranker, Narayanpur, Dantew•ada, Bijapur and (Gaurela- Pendra-Marwahi.

Raigarh Region, Head Quarters at Raigarh in the State of Chhattisgarh Part of Chhattisgarh state All Mines in the districts of Raigarh, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, Jashpur, Surguja, Surajpur, Balrampur, Janjgir- Champa, Sakti and Mahasamund.

Goa Region, Head Quarters at Madgaon in the State of Goa Goa state Pan of Maharashtra state All Mines in the state of Goa.

All Mines in the districts of Ahmednagar, Nandurbar, Murnbai, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Palghar, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Satara, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur, Sindhudurg, Raigad and Pune.

North Western Zone (NWZ) having jurisdiction in the States of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Union Territories (UTs) of Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Diu, with Headquarters at Udaipur (Rajasthan), comprising of Ahmedabad Region-I, Ahmedabad Region-2, Surat Region, Udaipur region, Ajmer Region-I and Ajmer Region-2.

Ahmedabad Region-I, Head Quarters at Ahmedabad in the State of Gujarat Part of Gujarat state UT of Diu All Mines in the districts of Jamnagar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Porbandar, Rajkot, Morbi, Junagadh, Gir-Somnath, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad and Botad.

All Mines Ahmedabad Region-2, Head Quarters at Ahmedabad in the State of Gujarat Part of Gujarat state All Mines in the districts of Gandhinagar, Mehasana, Patan, Kutch, Mahisagar, Surendra Nagar, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Aravalli.

Surat Region, Head Quarters at Surat in the State of Gujarat Part of Gujarat state UT of Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli All Mines in the districts of Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udaipur, Bharuch, Narmada, Surat, Navsari, Tapi, Valsad, Dang, Anand and kheda.

All Mines in Daman and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Udaipur Region, Head Quarter at Udaipur in the State of Rajasthan Part of the Rajasthan state All mines in the district of Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh, Chittorgarh, Sirohi and Jalore Ajmer Region-I, Head Quarter at Ajmer in the State of Rajasthan Part of the Rajasthan state All mines in the district of Jaipur, Ajmer, Dausa, SawaiMadhopur, Tonk, Bundi, Bharatpur, Alwar, Kota, Bhilwara, Baran, Jhalawar, Karauli and Dholpur.

Ajmer Region-2, Head Quarters at Ajmer in the State of Rajasthan Part of the Rajasthan All mines in the district of Jodhpur, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner , Sri state Ganganagar, Hanumangarh , Pali, Nagaur, Churu, , Jhunjhunu and Sikar Northern Zone (NZ) having jurisdiction in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Union Territories (UTs) of Delhi, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Laddakh with Headquarters at Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), comprising of Ghaziabad Region, Srinagar Region, Parasia Region, Jabalpur Region, Gwalior Region and Varanasi Region.

4 of 5 Ghaziabad Region, Head Quarters at Ghaziabad in the State of Uttar Pradesh Part of Uttar Pradesh state Haryana, Uttarakhand states and UT of Delhi of Muzaffarnaoar, All Mines in the districts Shatnli.

Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut. Hapur. Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, .Jyotiba Phule Nagar(Amroha), Moradabad, Rampur, Aligarh, Badaun, Sanmbhal(BhimNagar), Bareilly, Pilibhit, Mathura, Hathras, Etah, Kanshiram Nagar ( Kasganj), Shahjahanpur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Agra, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad. Hardoi, Sitapur, Etawah, Kannauj, Auraiya, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Unnao, Lucknow, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur , Hamirpur and Mahoba.

All mines Srinagar Region, Head Quarters at Srinagar in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir UTS of Jammu & Kashmir, Laddakh and Chandigarh Himachal Pradesh and Punjab states All mines All mines Parasia Region, Head Quarters at Parasia in the State of Madhya Pradesh Part of Madhya Pradesh state All Mines. in the districts of Chhindwara, Betul, Seoni, Balaghat, Mandla, Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad), Narsinghpur and Harda.

Jabalpur Region, Head Quarters at Jabalpur in the State of Madhya Pradesh Part of Madhya Pradesh state All Mines in the districts of Rewa, Satna, Panna, Damoh, Katni, Umaria, Shahdol, Anuppur, Jabalpur and Raisen.

Gwalior Region, I--lead Quarters at Gwalior in the State of Madhya Pradesh Part of Madhya Pradesh state All Mines in the districts of Morena, Sheopur, Bhind, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Bhopal, Vidisha, Datia, Rajgarh, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Ashok Nagar, Sagar, Sehore, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Dhar, Khargone, Khandwa, Barwani, Burhanpur, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Ujjain, Shajapur, Agar Malwa, Dewas, Indore, Niwari and Dindori.

Varanasi Region, Head Quarters at Varanasi in the State of Uttara Pradesh Part of Uttar Pradesh state Part of Madhya Pradesh state All mines in the districts of Bahraich, Shravasti, Barabanki, Gonda, Raebareli, Fatehpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh, Sultanpur, Amethi, Ayodhya (Faizabad), Basti, Balarampur, Siddharth Nagar, Maharaj ganj, Sant Kabir Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar, Jaunpur, Prayagraj, Kushinagar, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi), Varanasi, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Sonbhadra and Ghazipur.

All mines in the district Sidhi and Singrouli (Waidhan).

This is in supersession of the earlier circulars issued in this regard.

o los (Prabhat Kamar Director General of Mines Safety & Chief Inspector of Mines.

5 of 5