The government has appointed Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) across various jurisdictions as Recovery Officers for recovery of arrears under the Code on Social Security, 2020.
Saloni Kumari | May 23, 2026 |
Govt Designates RLCs as Recovery Officers Under Social Security Code, 2020
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has issued a Notification No. S.O. 2445(E), dated May 12, 2026, informing that the Central Government has appointed certain Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) from distinct regions as the Recovery Officers.
These officials have been appointed for recovering the amount that is in arrears relating to Chapter V and Chapter VI of the Code on Social Security, 2020, in relation to all establishments for which the Central Government is the appropriate government under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of Section 2 of the said Code.
Areas of jurisdiction are different for every official. For example, all Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in the headquarters, Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi, have jurisdiction over the entire country, while all Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in the Ahmedabad Region have jurisdiction over the State of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
The government has taken this action in exercise of its powers granted under sub-section (68) of section 2 read with section 129 of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020).
Here is the list of the officials whose appointments have been for the aforesaid purpose, along with their areas of jurisdiction:
| S.No. | Officers | Jurisdiction |
| 1 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central), in headquarter, Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi | The whole of India. |
| 2 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Ahmedabad Region | The State of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. |
| 3 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Ajmer Region | The State of Rajasthan. |
| 4 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Asansol Region | The civil districts of Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, and any new district formed out of above districts. |
| 5 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Bengaluru Region | The State of Karnataka. |
| 6 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Bhubaneshwar Region | The State of Odisha. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Chennai Region | The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry (except Yanam and Mahe districts). |
| 9 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Cochin Region | The State of Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep and Mahe districts in the Union Territory of Puducherry. |
| 10 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Dehradun Region | The State of Uttarakhand and civil districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh and any new district formed out of above districts. |
| 11 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Dhanbad Region | The following districts of the State of Jharkhand- Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Ranchi, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, Chatra, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Giridih, Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan) and Jamtara, Khunti and Ramgarh, and any new district formed out of above districts. |
| 12 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Guwahati Region | The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 13 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Hyderabad Region | The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the area of Yanam in the Union Territory of Puducherry. |
| 14 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Jabalpur Region | The State of Madhya Pradesh. |
| 15 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Kanpur Region | The State of Uttar Pradesh [except the civil districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar, and any new district formed out of above districts]. |
| 16 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Kolkata Region | The State of West Bengal (except the civil districts of Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, and any new district formed out of above district), the State of Sikkim and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
| 17 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Mumbai Region | The State of Maharashtra (except the civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Beed, Amaravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Nanded, Gaddchiroli, Parbhanai, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim, and any new district formed out of above districts) and the State of Goa. |
| 18 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Nagpur Region | The civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Amaravati, Wardha Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Nanded, Gaddchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra, and any new district formed out of above districts. |
| 19 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Delhi Region | National Capital Territory of Delhi. |
| 20 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Patna Region | The State of Bihar and the civil districts of Garhwa, Latehar, Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the State of Jharkhand, and any new district formed out of above districts. |
| 21 | All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in Raipur Region | The State of Chhattisgarh. |
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