The govt. has notified Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) across various regions as authorised officers to compound offences under Section 114 of the OSHWC Code, 2020.
Saloni Kumari | May 22, 2026 |
Govt Appoints DCLCs as Offence Compounding Authorities Under OSHWC Code, 2020
The Ministry of Labour and Employment under the Government of India has made the appointment of Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) across different regions of the country as officers responsible for the composition of offences under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSHWC) Code, 2020.
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These officers will have authority within their specified jurisdictions to handle and settle certain offences as allowed under the law.
The Labour Ministry has taken this action in exercise of its powers granted under sub-section (1) of section 114 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSHWC) Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), and announced the same through a Notification No. S.O. 2507(E), dated May 13, 2026.
The following is the list of officials whose appointments have been made, along with their area of jurisdiction across the nation:
| S.No. | Designation of Officer | Jurisdiction (Area) |
| 1 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in the Head Quarters, Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi | The whole of India. |
| 2 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Ahmedabad region | The State of Gujarat and the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. |
| 3 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Ajmer region | The State of Rajasthan |
| 4 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Asansol region | The districts of Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal. |
| 5 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Bangaluru region | The State of Karnataka. |
| 6 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Bhubaneshwar region | The State of Odisha |
| 7 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Mumbai region | The State of Maharashtra except the districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Beed, Amaravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Nanded, Gaddchiroli, Parbhanai, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim and the State of Goa. |
| 8 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Kolkata region | The State of West Bengal except the districts of Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, the State of Sikkim and the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
| 9 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Cochin region | The State of Kerala and Union territory of Lakshadweep and Mahe in the Union territory of Puducherry. |
| 10 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Chandigarh region | The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh. |
| 11 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Dhanbad region | The State of Jharkhand- Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Ranchi, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, Chatra, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Giridih, Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan), Jamtara, Khunti and Ramgarh. |
| 12 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Guwahati region | The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 13 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Hyderabad region | The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the area of Yanam in the Union territory of Puducherry. |
| 14 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Jabalpur region | The State of Madhya Pradesh. |
| 15 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Kanpur region | The State of Uttar Pradesh except the 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. |
| 16 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), 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, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh. |
| 17 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Chennai region | The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of Puducherry except Yanam and Mahe. |
| 18 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Nagpur region | The 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. |
| 19 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Delhi region | National Capital Territory of Delhi. |
| 20 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Patna region | The State of Bihar and the districts of Garhwa, Latehar, Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the State of Jharkhand. |
| 21 | All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) Raipur region | The State of Chhattisgarh. |
Refer to the official notification for complete information.
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