Fee With the Application for Registration (Form-A)
Rule 3 asks the employer of every establishment engaging ten or more workers to apply in Form-A for registration under section 6 of the Act. The fee is paid through e-payment where online access is available.
Threshold: the Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Act, 2026 (Gujarat Act No. 1 of 2026, published on 27 February 2026) substitutes "twenty" for "ten" in section 1(3) and section 7 of the Act, and is deemed to have come into force on 16 December 2025. The Rules of 2020 on file still print "ten".
| Sr. No. | Category of establishment | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Establishments | ₹500 |
| 2 | Shops | ₹500 |
| 3 | Residential hotels | ₹2,500 |
| 4 | Restaurants and eating houses | ₹1,000 |
| 5 | Theatres and other places of public amusement or entertainment | ₹5,000 |
Work Out Your Gujarat Shops and Establishments Fee
Pick the category, the application and the number of workers. The fee follows the tables in rules 4 and 9 of the 2020 Rules.
Figures from rules 4 and 9(1) of the Rules notified on 23 June 2020. The penalty for running without registration is not added; see the boxes below.
Fee With the Notice of Change (Form-G)
Any change in the certificate of registration is submitted in Form-G within thirty days of the change. Rule 9 prints the same fee table for Form-G, for establishments employing ten or more employees.
| Sr. No. | Category of establishment | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Establishments | ₹500 |
| 2 | Shops | ₹500 |
| 3 | Residential hotels | ₹2,500 |
| 4 | Restaurants and eating houses | ₹1,000 |
| 5 | Theatres and other places of public amusement or entertainment | ₹5,000 |
Establishments Below the Threshold
- The employer of an establishment engaging less than ten employees submits an intimation of commencement of business in Form-D with the documents in Part-B of the Schedule (rule 6, as printed).
- A receipt of the intimation is issued in Form-E (rule 7).
- Rules 6 and 7 state no fee for the intimation.
- Section 7 of the Act, as amended by Gujarat Act No. 1 of 2026, now reads "twenty" in place of "ten".
Late Fee and Penalty
Whoever is found running an establishment without registration in contravention of section 6 is liable to a penalty of ₹10,000, which includes the registration fee. On recovery of the penalty with the fee, the establishment is deemed registered and the certificate is issued. s.28
A contravention of the Act or the Rules for which no other penalty is provided is punishable with fine up to ₹50,000, but the total fine cannot exceed ₹2,000 per worker employed. s.29
Wilfully obstructing an Inspector, or refusing to produce a register or document kept under the Act, is punishable on conviction with fine up to ₹50,000; for refusal to produce records the total cannot exceed ₹2,000 per worker employed. s.32
The Inspector may cancel a registration obtained by misrepresentation, suppression of facts, false or forged documents or fraud. The employer gets a notice and ten days to submit his case. s.8 · rule 8
What You Pay in Common Cases
Shop with 25 workers registers
Restaurant with 30 workers registers and later changes its address
Theatre found running without registration
Office with 12 workers
How to Apply and Pay
- 1Apply in Form-AOnline where available, within sixty days of starting business, with the Part-A documents (section 6(1), rule 3).
- 2Pay the fee onlineBy e-payment where online access is available (rule 4).
- 3Get the certificate in Form-BIssued within one day of the application reaching the Inspector; an incomplete application is rejected with reasons within one day (rule 5).
- 4Report changes in Form-GWithin thirty days of the change, with the fee and the Part-C documents (rule 9).
- 5Report closure in Form-HWithin thirty days of closing the business permanently (section 10, rule 10(1)).
Documents to file with it
- Identity proof of the employer (for a company or other legal entity, identity proof of the responsible person under its Act)
- Actual photo of the establishment showing the interior and the name board
- Copy of any licence or registration that another law makes mandatory before starting the business
- Owned premises: any one of the sale or purchase deed, current property tax paid receipt, current electricity bill or current society maintenance receipt
- Rented or leased premises: the lease agreement, leave and licence agreement, or court or competent authority order, with any one of the owner documents above
- Premises owned, leased or rented by a family member or relative: no objection letter from that person
- Premises in a residential housing society: no objection certificate from the society or the body that maintains it
- All other documents mentioned in the form
How to Use This Chart
- Count the workers first: at or above the threshold means registration in Form-A with the fee; below it means an intimation in Form-D.
- For the threshold read the Act as amended: twenty workers from 16 December 2025, in place of ten.
- Pick the category of the establishment to find the fee.
- The Rules read are the Rules as notified on 23 June 2020, from the Commissioner of Labour website. An amendment of the Rules made after that, including any change of "ten" to "twenty" in rules 3, 4, 6 and 9 to match the amended Act, is not on file.
- The copy of the Rules is a scan. The fee table of rule 4 was read from the page image; rule 9 was read from the text layer of the same copy.
- The Act and the Rules read state no renewal of a registration certificate: under section 6(3) it stays in force till the ownership or the nature of business changes. No renewal fee is therefore shown.
- Compounding of offences (rules 30 and 31) and the penalty provisions other than sections 28, 29, 30 and 32 are not covered.
Official documents behind this page
- Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2020, Labour and Employment Department notification No. GHR/2020/73/GSE/19/2019/236319/M-3 dated 23 June 2020 (copy published by the Commissioner of Labour, Gujarat, col.gujarat.gov.in)Rule 3 (application in Form-A by establishments engaging ten or more workers), rule 4 (fee table), rule 5 (certificate in Form-B within one day), rules 6 and 7 (intimation in Form-D and receipt in Form-E for less than ten), rule 8 (cancellation), rule 9 (notice of change in Form-G within thirty days and fee table), rule 10 (closure in Form-H), Schedule Parts A to C (documents).
- Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2019 (Gujarat Act 4 of 2019), Gujarat Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part IV, 07-03-2019 (PRS copy)Section 1(3) (application of the Act), section 6 (registration within sixty days; certificate in force till change in ownership or nature of business), section 7 (intimation by smaller establishments; registration once the count reaches the threshold), sections 8 to 10 (cancellation, notice of change, closure), sections 28, 29 and 32 (penalties).
- Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Act, 2026, Gujarat Act No. 1 of 2026, Gujarat Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part IV, 27 February 2026 (copy published by the Commissioner of Labour, Gujarat)Sections 1 to 3: "twenty" in place of "ten" in section 1(3) and section 7 of the 2019 Act, deemed in force from 16 December 2025. Section 7 of the amending Act repeals the Amendment Ordinance, 2025.
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