Section 139: Reporting of vacancies to career centres
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Section 139 — Governs reporting of vacancies to career centres and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this section. Key operative text: (1) The appropriate Government may, by notification, require that from such date as may be specified in the notification, the employer in every establishment or any class or category of establishments, before filling up any…
The Code was commenced in stages: section 142 had earlier commencement, S.O. 5319(E) brought the specified provisions into force from 21 November 2025, and later commencement instruments must be read with the current India Code footnotes for the remaining clauses.
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Finin2min analysis — what the section actually does
Operative clauses
- (1) The appropriate Government may, by notification, require that from such date as may be specified in the notification, the employer in every establishment or any class or category of establishments, before filling up any vacancy in any employment in that establishment or such class or category of establishments, as the case may be, shall report or cause to be reported, that vacancy to such career centre as may…
- (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the appropriate Government may prescribe the following, namely:— (i) the manner in which the vacancies, referred to in sub-section (1), shall be reported to the career centres electronically or otherwise;
- (ii) the form in which such vacancies shall be reported to the career centres; and (iii) the manner and form of filing the return by the employer, to the concerned career centre.
- (3) Nothing in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall be deemed to impose any obligation upon any employer to recruit any person through the career centre to fill any vacancy merely because such vacancy has been reported.
- (4) The executive officer shall have access to any record or document in the possession of any employer required to furnish any information or returns for the purposes of this Chapter and may enter, at any reasonable time, any premises where he believes such record or document to be and inspect or take copies of such records or documents or ask any question necessary for obtaining any information required.
Provisos, explanations & qualifications
- No proviso/explanation was separately extracted from this section text.
Thresholds and timelines in the text
- No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this section text.
Actors expressly appearing in the text
Employer, Appropriate Government
Full statutory text — Section 139
139. Reporting of vacancies to career centres.—(1) The appropriate Government may, by
notification, require that from such date as may be specified in the notification, the employer in every
establishment or any class or category of establishments, before filling up any vacancy in any employment
in that establishment or such class or category of establishments, as the case may be, shall report or cause
to be reported, that vacancy to such career centre as may be specified in the notification, and the employer
shall thereupon comply with such requisition.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the appropriate Government may prescribe the following,
namely:—
(i) the manner in which the vacancies, referred to in sub-section (1), shall be reported to the career
centres electronically or otherwise;
(ii) the form in which such vacancies shall be reported to the career centres; and
(iii) the manner and form of filing the return by the employer, to the concerned career centre.
(3) Nothing in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall be deemed to impose any obligation upon any employer
to recruit any person through the career centre to fill any vacancy merely because such vacancy has been
reported.
(4) The executive officer shall have access to any record or document in the possession of any employer
required to furnish any information or returns for the purposes of this Chapter and may enter, at any
reasonable time, any premises where he believes such record or document to be and inspect or take copies
of such records or documents or ask any question necessary for obtaining any information required.How to apply this provision
- Primary statutory test — (1) The appropriate Government may, by notification, require that from such date as may be specified in the notification, the employer in every establishment or any class or category of establishments, before filling up any vacancy in any employment in that establishment or such class or category of establishments, as the case may be, shall report or cause to be reported, that vacancy to such career centre as may…
- Additional operative limb — (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the appropriate Government may prescribe the following, namely:— (i) the manner in which the vacancies, referred to in sub-section (1), shall be reported to the career centres electronically or otherwise;
- Central Rule mapping — 55, 56. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
- Prescribed-form link recorded in the corpus — XXV, XXVI, XXVI-A. Confirm the current notified form/version before filing.
- Evidence file — retain facts and records proving the role/status of: Employer, Appropriate Government.
Rules, forms and cross-references
Forms mapped
XXV, XXVI, XXVI-A
Other sections cited in this text
Related Labour Hub resources
A direct concordance is not exhaustive. Central/State jurisdiction, schemes, authority appointments, saved instruments and later notifications may change the practical route without changing the section wording.
Worked example
For a worker/member seeking a benefit connected with reporting of vacancies to career centres, the file should show coverage, service/contribution facts, the rule/scheme and prescribed form, and the calculation/payment. One statutory point to test is: “(1) The appropriate Government may, by notification, require that from such date as may be specified in the notification, the employer in every establishment or any class or category of establishments, before filling up any vacancy in any employment in that establishment or such ” Read the mapped Central Rule(s) 55, 56. Use the current notified XXV, XXVI, XXVI-A where the process requires it.
Illustration only; it is not statutory text or a substitute for applying the actual facts, jurisdiction, current rule/scheme and official instrument.
Q&A — Section 139
What does Section 139 of the Social Security Code cover?
Section 139 — Governs reporting of vacancies to career centres and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this section. Key operative text: (1) The appropriate Government may, by notification, require that from such date as may be specified in the notification, the employer in every establishment or any class or category of establishments, before filling up any…
What is the main legal requirement or power in Section 139?
The first operative clause identified from the official text is: “(1) The appropriate Government may, by notification, require that from such date as may be specified in the notification, the employer in every establishment or any class or category of establishments, before filling up any vacancy in any employment in that establishment or such class or category of establishments, as the case may be, shall report or cause to be reported, that vacancy to such career centre as may…” Read it with the remaining subsections and any proviso below.
Does Section 139 contain a proviso or explanation?
No standalone proviso or explanation was extracted from this section text. Check the full text below for clause-level qualifications.
What time limit, percentage or amount appears in Section 139?
No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in the official section text.
Which 2026 Central Rules are linked to Section 139?
The current concordance maps Section 139 to Central Rule(s) 55, 56.
Is a prescribed form mapped to Section 139?
The current corpus records: XXV, XXVI, XXVI-A. Confirm the current notified version before filing or service.
Is Section 139 currently operative?
The Code was commenced in stages: section 142 had earlier commencement, S.O. 5319(E) brought the specified provisions into force from 21 November 2025, and later commencement instruments must be read with the current India Code footnotes for the remaining clauses.
Source & verification trail
Act: Code on Social Security, 2020 — official India Code PDF ↗
Central Rules: Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026 — G.S.R. 344(E), 8 May 2026 ↗
Official library: Ministry of Labour & Employment — Labour Codes ↗
Source check: 20 August 2026. Individual professional interpretation should be re-reviewed when the section, rules, notification, scheme, State overlay or controlling judgment changes.