Is a Contract Labor License Necessary for Our Security Guards Agreement? Seeking Advice!

Hi, I am working for a security agency that supplies guard personnel to various organizations. We have signed an agreement to provide security guards to various units of the principal employer across different states. The total strength of contract labor is approximately 500 individuals. The security guard strength does not exceed more than 20 in any unit, but the principal employer is insisting on obtaining a contract labor license since the agreement is for 500 security guards. I need suggestions on whether the principal employer is correct in this matter.

Hi,

Whether a principal employer engaging 40 contract laborers and 10 security guards in Maharashtra in a single factory is required to take registration under the Contract Labour Act. Also, is the contractor who has fewer than 20 laborers in one single factory but a total of 55 laborers cumulatively for 5 factories required to take registration under the Contract Labour Act?

Thank you.