Govt Authorises Regional Labour Commissioners to Compound Offences Under Social Security Rules, 2026:

Govt Authorises Regional Labour Commissioners to Compound Offences Under Social Security Rules, 2026 The Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified that the Central Government has appointed Additional Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) and Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) from distinct regions. These officials have been granted the authority to compound offences concerning Chapter V and Chapter VI of the Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026, and every official has a different area of jurisdiction.

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For instance, the Additional Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) and all Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in the Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi, have been empowered to exercise their aforesaid authority over all of the country, while all Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in the Ajmer region are only allowed to exercise their powers over the state of Rajasthan. The government has taken this move in pursuance of its powers granted under sub-section (1) of section 138 of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020) read with sub-rule (1) of rule 54 of the Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026, and has officially announced the same through a Notification No. S.O. 2447(E), dated May 12, 2026.

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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	Additional Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in the Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi	The whole of India.
2	All Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Ajmer Region	The State of Rajasthan.
4	All Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Bengaluru Region	The State of Karnataka.
6	All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Bhubaneshwar Region	The State of Odisha.
7	All Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Chennai Region	The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry (except Yanam and Mahe districts).
9	All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Cochin Region	The State of Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep and Mahe district in the Union Territory of Puducherry.
10	All Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Guwahati Region	The States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.
13	All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Hyderabad Region	The States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the area of Yanam district in the Union Territory of Puducherry.
14	All Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Jabalpur Region	The State of Madhya Pradesh.
15	All Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief 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, Parbhani, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim, and any new district formed out of above districts) and the State of Goa.
18	All Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Delhi Region	National Capital Territory of Delhi.
20	All Deputy Chief 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 Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) in Raipur Region	The State of Chhattisgarh.

Refer to the official notification for complete details.