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1 KARNATAKA employers ' , 2nd FLOOR, SHANKARA ARCADE, VANIVILAS ROAD, BASAVANAGUDIBENGALURU - 560 004 Reg. No. TU 507 / 20-3-1962 Off: 26613091 / 26607167 42103360 / 26761877 Email: : 30-01-2018 CIRCULAR Members of the AssociationPROPOSAL TO SUBSTANTIALLY ENHANCE FEES FOR REGISTRATIONOF SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN of the KARNATAKA Shops and Commercial Establishment Actread along with Rule-3 and Rule-3A of the Rules mandate that theregistration of shops and commercial establishments shall be obtainedand also prescribe the fees payable for such registration and renewaldepending upon the number of persons employed. Even if no employeeis employed, registration is and renewal fees were enhanced by the Government ofKarnataka by Notification No. LD 10 LET 2009 dated Therevised fees schedule was circulated for the information of Members videKEA Circular No. 23/2010 dated , the Government have proposed for revision and increase of feespayable for registration and renewal under the Act.

2 A copy of theGazette Notification dated is enclosed. Renewal ofregistration under the Act shall have to be got done once in five is no change in this requirement. The Registration fees is proposedto be enhanced substantially. As could be seen from the Notification,existing registration fees for Shops and Commercial Establishmentshaving no employee is enhanced from to The feespayable has been enhanced substantially in proportion to increase innumber of employees. The existing registration fees for shops andcommercial establishments having above 1000 employees is proposed tobe enhanced from ,000/- to ,000/- an increase of 50 per notification has invited objections/suggestions from the personslikely to be affected within fifteen days from the date of publication ofdraft notice in the official gazette. The objections/suggestions may besent to the Secretary to Government, Department of Labour, , 4th floor, Vikasa Soudha, Bengaluru 560 Members may either directly send their suggestions and objections tothe Secretary at the above address.

3 Alternatively, they may send theirsuggestions and objections to the ASSOCIATION immediately, so thatconsolidated suggestions and objections may be sent to the LabourSecretary by the KarnatakaEmployers KARNATAKA employers ' ASSOCIATIONsd/-( PRABHAKAR)PRESIDENT