For Ordnance Factory, Central Govt is the appropriate government under the Minimum Wages Act and also in all applicable labor laws as it is clearly by or under the authority of the Central Govt.
The reasoning given by Mr. Pdmatta is not correct. The applicability of Minimum Wages is not always related to a license or registration under the Contract Labour Act. For example, all private banks are registered under the Contract Labour Act with the Central Govt, i.e., Assistant/Regional Labour Commissioner (Central). However, for the Minimum Wages Act, the State Govt is the appropriate government because Pvt banks are not by or under the authority of the central govt as they are independent companies registered under the Companies Act. Whereas under the definition of the appropriate govt of the Contract Labour Act, the Central Govt is the appropriate government for banking companies; therefore, the banks are taking registration under the CL Act from the labor department of the Central Govt.
Farukh bhai follows the minimum wages fixed by the Central govt and DA declared by the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi, every April and July, available on the website www.clc.gov.in.