Dear Anonymous,
With reference to your query, it is imperative on the part of the principal employer is to obtain registration under Contract Labour (R&A) Act from the Registering Officer of the area in which the establishment is located. Since 'A' is giving contract to B person to produce coal, who is engaging his own 200 worker and in turn B has given 10 petty contract engaging contract labour below 20. Now in this particular case B is required to take licence from the Licencing Officer of the Area for engaging contract labour 200. If any petty contractor engages worker above 20 on any day then he shall also be required to obtained licence from Licencing Officer. For better clarity please have a perusal of definition of contractor under the Act, which is given below:-
"contractor", in relation to an establishment, defined as a person who undertakes to produce a given result for the establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture to such establishment, through contract labor or who supplies contract labor for any work of the establishment and includes a sub-contractor;
The last sentence of the above definition is very important, which includes 'sub contractor' under its ambit.
BS Kalsi,
Member Since August, 2011