Centre Replaces Earlier Wage Code Authority Notifications with New Appointments:

Centre Replaces Earlier Wage Code Authority Notifications with New Appointments The Ministry of Labour and Employment recently shared a notification on May 12, 2026, regarding the appointment of authorities under the Code on Wages, 2019.

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The Government of India, using its powers under Section 45(1) of the Code on Wages, 2019, has replaced earlier notifications issued on 17.10.2019 and 21.11.2019 (S.O. Nos. 3729(E), 4225(E), and 4226(E)). However, anything that was already done or not done under the earlier notifications before this change will still remain valid. Under this new notification, the Central Government has appointed certain officers listed in a table. These officers must be at least of Gazetted rank. They are given the authority to hear and decide claims under the Code on Wages, 2019.

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These officers will deal with cases involving employees working in establishments where the Central Government is the appropriate authority. Each officer will handle cases only within the specific area mentioned against their name in the table.

Sl. No.	Officers	Jurisdiction
1	All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central), 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 Bardhaman-East, Bardhaman-West, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal.
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).

For complete information, refer to the official notification: