General Instructions

As per the provision of Sec.7 of the Building and Other Construction Workers' (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, every employer of an establishment employing 10 or more building workers in any building or other construction work has to register the establishment within a period of sixty days from commencement of the work. The provision of the Act is not applicable to individual residential house whose total cost does not exceed Rs. 10.00 lakh. 

Based on the geographical location, and the application will be routed to the designated District Labour Officer. Prior to applying to this service, if the applicant has applied for PEAL, the first section of the Registration under The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 will get auto-populated from the PEAL form. Applicant who did not fill the PEAL form, will have to fill all the fields.

Fields marked with ‘*’ are mandatory and should be filled in before submitting the form on the single window portal. Leaving fields blank in the Form is not allowed. In case applicants wish not to enter data in a field, they can put “NA” if it is a text/description field or a “0”, if it is a numeric field. In case of errors, the form will show an error message. The applicant may correct the data and save the form again.

Some of the fields can accept multiple values. If the applicant wishes to furnish more than one item, he may use the “+” button to add more rows. Similarly, if he wishes to remove a row, he may use “x” button.

Applicants can attach documents in digital format as documentary evidences which the department will use for verification. Clicking on the choose button will let them select the document to be uploaded. Before submitting the document, they needs to ensure that all the information furnished by them is satisfactory and correct to the best of their knowledge and understanding. After checking that the information furnished in all the fields are in order, they can submit the application by clicking on the ‘Submit’ button.

After the form is successfully submitted, applicants can pay the required fees either online or offline. The Fees to be paid for the grant of a certificate of registration shall be as specified below.

If the number of workers proposed to be employed as building workers, for a building or other construction work on one day:

If they wish to pay offline, they may choose the ‘Over the Counter’ option on the Cyber Treasury payment gateway. A challan with the account details of the department will then be generated. The applicant will take the hard copy of the challan to the nearest branch of the bank selected and deposit the amount either by Cash, or by means of Demand Draft. Once the fee is processed by the bank, the bank will send a transaction ID via SMS, which then will have to be entered on the Cyber Treasury portal to complete the application process.

Upon payment the applicant will receive an SMS & Email notification with the application number from the single window portal. 

Checklist of Documents

The applicant doesn’t need to attach any document with the application.

Timeline

Registration under The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 is provided within 15 working days from the date of submission of application. The department can however raise queries on the application within 7 working days of receipt of application.

Field Instructions