Contract Labour (CLRA) Licence in Karnataka
Registration or licensing under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act for the State in Karnataka. Governed by The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 with the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Karnataka) Rules, 1974 - rules 24 and 26; rule 26 substituted by the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Karnataka) (Amendment) Rules, 2024, Notification No. LD 219 LET 2023, published in the Karnataka Gazette Part IVA No. PR1407 on 21 October 2024. Applies where: The central twenty-workman threshold applies as adopted in Karnataka: the Act bites on an establishment in which twenty or more workmen are employed as contract labour on any day of the preceding twelve months, and on a contractor who employs twenty or more. The fee scale's first band is 'up to 20', which is consistent with that. NO KARNATAKA-SPECIFIC VARIATION OF THE THRESHOLD WAS ESTABLISHED at source, so the threshold is the weakest part of this record. Renewal: The contractor's licence is renewable and the renewal application is accompanied by proof of the fee at the rule 26 rates and the security at the rule 24 rates. The authority does not publish a fee we could read at source, so the State fee is quoted per engagement and passed through at cost — we never substitute a plausible figure.
7–21 business days
Karnataka, India
What we will need from you
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Certificate of Incorporation or registration document
Contract with the principal employer or contractor
Number of contract workmen engaged
Cost breakdown
Our fee and the government’s are always separate lines. Government fees are passed through at exactly what the authority charges — we add nothing to them.
Indicative: read on 2026-09-14 from.legitquest.com/act/contract-labour-regulation-and-abolition-karnataka-amendment-rules-2024/10782, which is not the authority's own page. Confirmed before payment and passed through at cost.
These are the authority’s published lines. Which of them apply depends on your filing — a schedule by headcount, capital or entity type is one line, not all of them — and the applicable line is confirmed before payment, at cost.
How it runs
You will see these exact stages update in your client portal as we progress.
Document Verification
Contract and workforce details validated.
Application Filed
Filed with the State labour authority.
Licence Issued
Licence delivered to your portal.
What this costs, in full
- Comriq professional feeper filing
₹4,999₹4,249- Government fee
- ₹68–₹13,500 by schedule — 15 published lines; the line that applies to you is confirmed before payment, at cost.
Total from
₹5,067₹4,317
Our fee plus the lowest line of the authority's schedule. The line that applies to you is confirmed before payment.
Launch pricing · 15% off our fee15% off our professional fee until 31 December 2026. Government fees are charged at cost and are never discounted — we collect them on the authority's behalf and cannot charge less than it does.
Government fees are charged at cost, exactly as the authority bills them — we add nothing to them. Where the authority publishes no figure, or publishes a schedule, we confirm the exact amount before you pay, so this total is a minimum: we never substitute a plausible number.
This price is exclusive of GST. GST at 18% is added at checkout on our professional fee. Government fees are collected at cost on your behalf and are not taxed. Clients outside India are zero-rated.
Indicative guidance — confirmed before payment
Requirements and statutory fees are set by Office of the Labour Commissioner, Department of Labour, Government of Karnataka - Registering Officer (section 7) and Licensing Officer (section 12) and change without notice. This page is general information, not legal or tax advice. Your engagement letter and quote are the binding documents.