Notification/Circular No. S.O. 2316(E), S.O. 2317(E), S.O. 2318(E), S.O. 2319(E), S.O. 2320(E), S.O. 2323(E) dated May 08, 2026
Applicable Act/Rule: Industrial Relations Code, 2020
Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, issued six notifications on May 8, 2026 under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, covering the following:
S.O. 2316(E) | Section 83(1): The Central Government has set up a fund called the Worker Re-Skilling Fund for the purposes of the said Code. [F. No. S-11025/08/2026-IR(PL)]
S.O. 2317(E) | Section 89(1): The Central Government has specified the Additional Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and all Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) across 21 offices to exercise functions relating to composition of offences in respect of industrial establishments for which the Central Government is the appropriate Government, within the territorial jurisdictions set out in the common Table below. [F. No. S-11025/10/2026-IR(PL)]
S.O. 2318(E) | Section 85(1) r/w Section 86(3), (5), (10), (11) and (20): The Central Government has appointed all Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) across 21 offices to hold inquiry and impose penalty under the specified sub-sections of section 86, within the territorial jurisdictions set out in the common Table below. [F. No. S-11025/11/2026-IR(PL)]
S.O. 2319(E) | Section 87(1) r/w Section 86(4), (6), (12)–(19) and Section 100: The Central Government has directed that its powers under section 87(1) in respect of offences punishable under the specified sub-sections of section 86 shall be exercisable also by the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and all Deputy Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) across 21 offices, within the territorial jurisdictions set out in the common Table below. [F. No. S-11025/09/2026-IR(PL)]
S.O. 2320(E) | Section 59(1) r/w Section 100: The Central Government has delegated its powers under section 59(1) to the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) within jurisdiction to discharge the functions under that provision. [F. No. S-11025/12/2026-IR(PL)]
S.O. 2323(E) | Sections 78, 79 and 80 r/w Section 100: The Central Government has delegated its powers under sections 78, 79 and 80 to officers of the rank of Joint Secretary and above looking after Industrial Relations in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, to examine and consider applications relating to lay-off, retrenchment and closure in establishments where the Central Government is the appropriate Government. [F. No. Z-16025/12/2026-IR(M)]
COMMON TABLE – Territorial Jurisdiction (Applicable to S.O. 2317(E), 2318(E) and 2319(E))
Sl. No. | Region | Area |
1. | HQ – New Delhi | Whole of India |
2. | Ahmedabad | Gujarat; UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |
3. | Ajmer | Rajasthan |
4. | Asansol | Bardhaman East, Bardhaman West, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia districts – West Bengal |
5. | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
6. | Bhubaneshwar | Odisha |
7. | Mumbai | Maharashtra except 18 specified districts; and Goa |
8. | Kolkata | West Bengal except 5 specified districts; Sikkim; UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
9. | Cochin | Kerala; UT of Lakshadweep; Mahe district – UT of Puducherry |
10. | Chandigarh | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana; UTs of J&K, Ladakh and Chandigarh |
11. | Dhanbad | Jharkhand excluding 7 specified districts |
12. | Guwahati | Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh |
13. | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana; Yanam area – UT of Puducherry |
14. | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh |
15. | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh excluding 18 specified districts |
16. | Dehradun | Uttarakhand; 18 specified districts of Uttar Pradesh |
17. | Chennai | Tamil Nadu; UT of Puducherry except Mahe and Yanam districts |
18. | Nagpur | 18 specified districts of Maharashtra |
19. | Delhi | National Capital Territory of Delhi |
20. | Patna | Bihar; 7 specified districts of Jharkhand |
21. | Raipur | Chhattisgarh |
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