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Labour Court Hyderabad: Where to File a Dispute in Telangana

In Hyderabad the road to a labour court runs through the Telangana Labour Department, and the desk you reach depends on your circle, your role and what you are owed.

Where you file in Hyderabad

Last checked 2 November 2026 · Official sources · What we could not verify (9)

A labour court in Hyderabad normally hears a termination case only after the Telangana Labour Department has tried conciliation. Write to your circle's conciliation officer; if there is no settlement, or 45 days pass, apply to the Labour Court or Industrial Tribunal with jurisdiction.

Where to file a labour dispute in Hyderabad
Your problemWho decides itWhereWhat you file
Termination or retrenchment (you are a “worker”)Conciliation officer, then Labour Court or Industrial TribunalLabour Department office for your circleWritten dispute; ask which form Telangana now uses
Unpaid salary or final wagesCode on Wages s.45 claim authorityLabour Department office for your circleWritten claim within 3 years
Shops Act: no notice pay or service compensationAssistant Commissioner of Labour, per the department’s FAQ (archived copy, 2024)Labour Department office for your circleAppeal under s.48 or claim under s.50
Gratuity not paidCompetent authority, Code on Social Security s.58Telangana's appointed officer (not verified)Telangana's prescribed form
PF not transferred or withdrawnEPFOEPFiGMS, onlineUAN-based grievance
Sexual harassmentInternal Committee, or the District Officer's Local CommitteeEmployer's committee, or the district'sWritten complaint within 3 months
Employer is a bank, insurer, telecom firm, railway or central PSUCentral Government machinery, not the State'sSAMADHAN portal (samadhan.labour.gov.in)Central Rules forms, e.g. Form II to the Tribunal
Quick Answer

Where is the labour court in Hyderabad, and do I go there first?

Usually not. The State portal lists Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals under the Telangana Labour Department, but workers normally reach them through a conciliation officer. Under the Industrial Relations Code, in force since 21 November 2025, these existing courts keep hearing cases until the Code's Tribunals are functional.

Key takeaways

  • Start with the conciliation officer for your circle; private IT companies are State sphere.
  • Hyderabad district is one zone; Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri and Vikarabad form another.
  • You may apply to the court 45 days after approaching conciliation, within 2 years of termination; after a failure report you have 90 days.
  • No party is entitled to a lawyer in conciliation.

Labour court Telangana: which courts hear Hyderabad cases now

The Industrial Relations Code creates only two-member Industrial Tribunals, no Labour Courts. Until those are functional, s.104(1A), inserted by the IR Code (Amendment) Act 2026 with effect from 21 November 2025, keeps the Labour Courts and Tribunals set up under the Industrial Disputes Act working, for new cases as well as pending ones.

The State portal's Labour Department page lists “Labour Courts” and “Industrial Tribunals” among its organisations, noting that some institutions still serve both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh until bifurcation. It gives no count or addresses, so we do not name them. Neither the Hyderabad City Civil Court nor Ranga Reddy district court website lists one.

Sources: Telangana State Portal: Labour, Employment Training and Factories Department; Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Act 2026, inserting s.104(1A); Industrial Relations Code (Removal of Difficulties) Order 2025, S.O. 5683(E); Hyderabad City Civil Court: case status court complexes (no labour court listed); Ranga Reddy district court: court establishments (no labour court listed)

Labour commissioner Hyderabad: offices, circles and the grievance form

The Commissioner of Labour sits at TAKS Bhavan, behind Devi Theatre, RTC “X” Road, Hyderabad. Below come Joint, Deputy and Assistant Commissioners (JCL, DCL, ACL) and Assistant Labour Officers (ALO). The office list gives every JCL, DCL and ACL's jurisdiction, and the “Circles List of Hyderabad” maps localities to circles.

The site's grievance form gives a reference number but has no wage or termination category, so pick “others” and keep it as a dated record.

Telangana labour offices covering Hyderabad (office list, June 2024)
UnitOffices listedArea
Head OfficeCommissioner, Director of Labour, JCL, DCL, ACL-I (Factories), ACL-IILast escalation step
Hyderabad ZoneJCL; DCL-I, DCL-II; ACL-II, III, IV; ALO-1 to ALO-28Hyderabad district, Circles I and II
Rangareddy ZoneJCL, DCL; ACLs Rangareddy, Vikarabad, Medchal-Malkajgiri; ALOs incl. Kukatpally, Bala Nagar, Qutubullahpur, ShamshabadRangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Vikarabad districts

Sources: Telangana State Portal: Labour, Employment Training and Factories Department; Telangana Labour Department: office list of JCLs, DCLs and ACLs; Telangana Labour Department: Circles List of Hyderabad (PDF); Telangana Labour Department: Citizen's Charter; Telangana Labour Department: grievance registration form; G.O.Ms.No.71, LET&F (Labour) Dept, 11 October 2016: authorities and conciliation officers

Which Telangana officer took which case before the Codes

These 2016 Government Orders, made under the Acts the Codes replaced, show how cases were allocated before 21 November 2025, not current law. We found no Telangana notification under the Codes, so confirm with the office.

G.O.Ms.No.71 and No.68 of 2016 (pre-Code)
OfficerDisputesWage claimsAlso
ACLUp to 50 workersUp to ₹50,000Gratuity authority; Shops Act s.48(1), s.50
DCL51–200 workers₹50,000–₹2,00,000Gratuity and Shops Act appeals
JCLAbove 200 workersAbove ₹2,00,000Refers failed ACL/DCL conciliations
Commissioner——Refers failed JCL conciliations

Sources: G.O.Ms.No.71, LET&F (Labour) Dept, 11 October 2016: authorities and conciliation officers; G.O.Ms.No.68, LET&F (Labour) Dept, 11 October 2016: reference of disputes for adjudication; Telangana Labour Department: FAQs (last reviewed 6 April 2024); Industrial Relations Code 2020 (Gazette text)

The Telangana Shops and Establishments Act route

We read the July 2019 copy of this 1988 Act on the department's site, without later amendments. The 2019 IT/ITeS exemption order (five years from 30 May 2018) did not list s.47, unlike a 2013 combined-AP order.

  • s.47: after 6 months' service, one month's written notice or wages in lieu; after a year, service compensation of 15 days' average wages per year.
  • s.38(2): wages due by the second working day after termination.
  • s.48: appeal to the ACL, who may order reinstatement or compensation.
  • s.51: wage or service-compensation claims within one year, compensation up to ten times the amount.

Sources: Telangana Shops and Establishments Act 1988 (text on the Labour Department site); Telangana Labour Department: FAQs (last reviewed 6 April 2024); G.O.Ms.No.25, 25 July 2019: Shops and Establishments Act exemption for IT/ITeS

How to take a labour dispute forward in Hyderabad

Money claims run alongside the termination dispute.

  1. 1Check which machinery appliesBanks, insurers, telecom and central PSUs are Central sphere; other employers are Telangana's. Managers are not IR Code “workers” but can file Code on Wages claims.
  2. 2Find your circle and officerThe circles PDF and office list show which ACL covers your locality; the Kukatpally and Shamshabad ALOs sit in the Rangareddy zone.
  3. 3Write to the conciliation officerTermination is an industrial dispute under s.4(9). State dates and relief sought, attach the termination letter, keep delivery proof.
  4. 4Attend conciliationThe officer can summon both sides but cannot impose a settlement.
  5. 5Apply to the Labour Court or TribunalWithin 90 days of a failure report, or directly 45 days after applying for conciliation, inside two years of termination. Ask which court takes new cases.
  6. 6File money claims in parallelWages to the s.45 authority; gratuity to the competent authority; PF through EPFiGMS.

Time limits for labour cases in Hyderabad

Shops Act limits are from its 2019 copy. The department's pre-Code Citizen's Charter (June 2024) targeted six months to dispose of claims.

Limitation periods and timelines
MatterTime limitLaw
Termination dispute2 years from terminationIR Code s.4(11)
Direct application to the courtAfter 45 days from applying for conciliationIR Code s.4(10)
After a failure report90 daysIR Code s.53(6)
Unpaid wages3 years; appeal 90 daysCode on Wages s.45, s.49
Gratuity paymentEmployer pays within 30 daysCode on Social Security s.56
Sexual harassment3 months, extendable by 3POSH Act s.9
Shops Act claim1 year; appeal 30 daysS&E Act s.51, s.53

Sources: Industrial Relations Code 2020 (Gazette text); Code on Wages 2019 (Gazette text); Code on Social Security 2020 (Gazette text); Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2013 (India Code text as enacted); Telangana Shops and Establishments Act 1988 (text on the Labour Department site); Telangana Labour Department: Citizen's Charter

Costs and lawyers before a Telangana labour court

The Codes and their Central Rules prescribe no filing fee for conciliation, wage claims or Tribunal applications. That is an absence of a provision, not a promise; Telangana's rules were not verified, so ask. Before the Tribunal a lawyer needs the other side's consent and the Tribunal's leave.

Source: Industrial Relations Code 2020 (Gazette text)

Documents to carry

Termination and appointment letters, payslips, bank statements and exit emails; the complaint guide below lists the rest.

What we could not verify for Hyderabad

Left out rather than guessed, with where to find each.

  • Names, number and addresses of the Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals for Hyderabad: Telangana High Court (tshc.gov.in) and labour.telangana.gov.in.
  • Whether Telangana has constituted Industrial Tribunals under IR Code s.44: Telangana Gazette, goir.telangana.gov.in.
  • Final Telangana rules and forms under the IR Code and Code on Wages: labour.telangana.gov.in/gos.do.
  • Current conciliation officers, wage-claim and gratuity authorities: labour.telangana.gov.in/Contact.do.
  • Telangana's gratuity form and time limit: labour.telangana.gov.in.
  • Any filing fees: the office handling your case, or tshc.gov.in.
  • Live office list, circles PDF and grievance form (we read 2024 copies): labour.telangana.gov.in.
  • Whether the IT/ITeS Shops Act exemption was extended after May 2023: labour.telangana.gov.in/gos.do.
  • Central Government Industrial Tribunal for central-sphere employers: cgit.labour.gov.in.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the labour court in Hyderabad located?+
We could not confirm current addresses officially, so we do not print them. The State portal lists Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals under the Labour Department; for the current list, ask the Labour Department office or check the Telangana High Court site (tshc.gov.in). You normally reach them after conciliation; your circle's labour office can say which court takes new cases.
How do I contact the labour commissioner in Hyderabad?+
The Commissioner of Labour is at TAKS Bhavan, RTC X Road. For a dispute, write instead to the officer for your circle: the department's office list gives each JCL, DCL and ACL with their jurisdiction. Escalate to the Commissioner only after the zone's Joint Commissioner fails to act.
Which labour office covers Gachibowli, HITEC City or Kukatpally?+
The June 2024 office list places an Assistant Labour Officer at Kukatpally, in the Rangareddy zone. We could not map Gachibowli or HITEC City, because the circles PDF did not extract cleanly, and we will not guess. Check the circles list on labour.telangana.gov.in or ask the Rangareddy zone office.
Do I need a lawyer for a labour court case in Telangana?+
No. Under s.94 of the Industrial Relations Code no party is entitled to a lawyer in conciliation, and before the Tribunal one may appear only with the other side's consent and the Tribunal's leave. An office-bearer of your union, or of any union in your industry, or a fellow worker can represent you.
How long do I have to go to the labour court in Telangana after termination?+
Raise the dispute within two years of termination. After a conciliation failure report, apply within 90 days. If conciliation stalls, you may apply directly once 45 days have passed since you approached the conciliation officer. Unpaid wage claims under the Code on Wages have a separate three-year limit.
Is an IT company in Hyderabad under the State or Central labour commissioner?+
The State. The Industrial Relations Code gives the Centre only listed sectors such as banking, insurance, telecom, railways, mines and central PSUs; every other establishment is the State's. A private IT or ITeS company in Hyderabad goes to the Telangana Labour Department, not the Central machinery or SAMADHAN.

Before you file

Labour commissioner complaintWhich authority handles which problem.Settlement not receivedThe demand to send before you file.Gratuity not paidThe competent authority and the forms.Notice recovery demandWhen they say you owe notice pay.Labour court and commissioner: BengaluruWhere you file in Bengaluru.Labour court and commissioner: MaharashtraWhere you file in Maharashtra.

Sources for the Hyderabad details on this page

Sources for the figures on this page

  • Do the Labour Courts and Tribunals set up under the Industrial Disputes Act still hear cases?

    Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Act 2026, s.2, deemed in force from 21 November 2025 — substitutes s.104(1), under which the Industrial Disputes Act 1947 "shall stand repealed", and inserts s.104(1A): the Tribunals and statutory authorities functioning under the repealed Acts "shall continue to function till such Tribunals and other statutory authorities becomes functional under this Code". Earlier, the Industrial Relations Code (Removal of Difficulties) Order 2025, S.O. 5683(E) of 8 December 2025, had said the existing Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and National Industrial Tribunals "shall continue to adjudicate the existing as well as new cases" until Code Tribunals are constituted.

    View sourceChecked 2026-11-02

  • Adjudication bodies under the Industrial Relations Code

    Industrial Relations Code 2020, s.2(zn), s.44 and s.46 — the Code's adjudicating bodies are the Industrial Tribunal, constituted by the appropriate Government, with one Judicial Member and one Administrative Member, and the National Industrial Tribunal, constituted by the Central Government. The Code creates no Labour Court. Discharge or dismissal, retrenchment and closure, strikes and lockouts, standing orders and trade union disputes need the two-member bench (s.44(7)).

    View sourceChecked 2026-11-02

  • Which Government's machinery handles your dispute

    Industrial Relations Code 2020, s.2(b) — the Central Government is the appropriate Government for establishments carried on by or under it, railways including metro railways, mines, oil fields, major ports, air transport, telecommunication, banking and insurance companies, corporations established by a Central Act, central public sector undertakings and their subsidiaries, and companies at least 51% owned by the Centre; for any other industrial establishment it is the State Government. Code on Wages 2019, s.2(d), uses a near-identical test.

    View sourceChecked 2026-11-02

  • Days within which the conciliation officer must report, and after which a terminated worker may go straight to the Tribunal

    Industrial Relations Code 2020, s.53(5) — the conciliation officer sends the report to the parties and the appropriate Government within forty-five days of the commencement of conciliation proceedings, or a shorter period fixed by the appropriate Government. Separately, s.4(10) — a worker whose services have been discharged, dismissed, retrenched or otherwise terminated may apply directly to the Tribunal for adjudication after forty-five days from the date of the application made to the conciliation officer.

    View sourceChecked 2026-09-14

  • Days after the conciliation failure report within which a party may apply to the Tribunal

    Industrial Relations Code 2020, s.53(6) — where no settlement is arrived at, any party to the dispute may apply in the prescribed form to the Tribunal within ninety days from the date of receipt of the failure report. In the Central sphere the prescribed form is Form II, "Application to Tribunal" (Industrial Relations (Central) Rules 2026, G.S.R. 342(E), r.23(9)), filed electronically or by speed post. In the State sphere the form is set by the State's own rules.

    View sourceChecked 2026-11-02

  • Years from termination within which an individual worker's application must reach the Tribunal

    Industrial Relations Code 2020, s.4(11) — the application under s.4(10) must be made to the Tribunal before the expiry of two years from the date of discharge, dismissal, retrenchment or otherwise termination of service. Separately, under the proviso to s.53(1) the conciliation officer may not hold conciliation proceedings relating to an industrial dispute after two years from the date the dispute arose.

    View sourceChecked 2026-09-14

  • Are lawyers barred by default from conciliation and the Tribunal?

    Industrial Relations Code 2020, s.94(3)–(4) — "No party to a dispute shall be entitled to be represented by a legal practitioner in any conciliation proceedings under this Code or any proceedings before Tribunal or National Industrial Tribunal"; before a Tribunal a legal practitioner may appear only "with the consent of the other parties to the proceeding and with the leave of the Tribunal". Under s.94(1) a worker may be represented by an office-bearer of a registered trade union or, if not a member, of any union connected with the industry, or by another worker employed in the industry; under the Industrial Relations (Central) Rules 2026, r.41, that authorisation is in Form VI.

    View sourceChecked 2026-11-02

  • Years within which a claim for unpaid wages must be filed

    Code on Wages 2019, s.45(6) — an application may be filed within three years from the date on which the claim arises, and the authority may entertain a later application on sufficient cause being shown.

    View sourceChecked 2026-09-01

  • Days to appeal a Code on Wages claim decision

    Code on Wages 2019, s.49(1)–(3) — an appeal against an order under s.45 lies to an appellate authority at least one rank higher, within ninety days, extendable for sufficient cause. In the Central sphere a claim is filed in Form II, "manually or electronically", and an appeal in Form III (Code on Wages (Central) Rules 2026, G.S.R. 343(E), r.49–r.50); an employer appealing must first deposit the amount. State-sphere claims use the State's own rules.

    View sourceChecked 2026-11-02

  • Forum for a gratuity dispute, for an exit on or after 21 November 2025 — the competent authority, not the controlling authority

    Code on Social Security 2020, s.56 (determination of amount of gratuity: employer must determine and notify the employee and the competent authority, pay within thirty days, pay simple interest on delay; disputes determined by the competent authority; appeal within sixty days, extendable by sixty) read with s.58 (appointment of the competent authority by the appropriate Government). For exits before 21 November 2025 the equivalent route was the controlling authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972.

    View sourceChecked 2026-08-14

Deepak Middha, Founder of LayoffNext

Written and reviewed by Deepak Middha, Chartered Accountant (ICAI, India) and founder of LayoffNext.

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Deepak Middha is the founder of LayoffNext and a Chartered Accountant (ICAI, India). A U.S. immigrant with nearly 20 years of experience — and 17 years in hedge fund and private equity administration, including as Vice President of Fund Accounting at NAV Fund Administration Group and Associate Director of Private Equity and Real Estate at SS&C Technologies — he builds free, plain-language layoff tools and guides for employees, H-1B workers, and immigrant families.

Updated November 2, 2026
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