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Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Rules, 2018
Final Maharashtra Shops Rules reference covering registration, workplace notices, leave books, wage records and annual returns, with all 21 numbered English forms linked separately.
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- Maharashtra
- Issued on
- 23 March 2018
- Status
- Current
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Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Rules, 2018
Final Maharashtra Shops Rules reference covering registration, workplace notices, leave books, wage records and annual returns, with all 21 numbered English forms linked separately.
Who this applies to
Establishments and workers within the Act and the relevant rule; exclusions and notified exemptions apply
How to use these Rules
Start with the current Act to determine coverage. Select the relevant application, employer record, worker consent or authority-issued document; the forms are not interchangeable.
The original 2018 Rules contain registration-era wording and references to other enactments. Read applicable later law and the current portal instructions before filing; this download is not represented as a newly consolidated 2026 edition.
Source and version
Rules 3–11, 13–20, 26–27 and 31–34; Forms A–U. The PDF is the final Rules published on 23 March 2018. Read it with the Act compilation as at 31 December 2025 and subsequent notified changes. The department lists the November 2025 rules proposal as a draft; it is not substituted for the final text here. This is a source reference, not a claim that every later amendment or exemption has been consolidated.
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Source review and connected references
The PDF is the final Rules published on 23 March 2018. Read it with the Act compilation as at 31 December 2025 and subsequent notified changes. The department lists the November 2025 rules proposal as a draft; it is not substituted for the final text here. This is a source reference, not a claim that every later amendment or exemption has been consolidated.
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- Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act, 2017: official compilation
- Maharashtra Shops: earned leave, casual leave and holidays
- Maharashtra Shops Form A: Application for registration
- Maharashtra Shops Form B: Registration certificate
- Maharashtra Shops Form C: Register of registered establishments
- Maharashtra Shops Form D: Application for registration renewal
- Maharashtra Shops Form E: Renewed registration certificate
- Maharashtra Shops Form F: Intimation of establishment
- Maharashtra Shops Form G: Receipt of establishment intimation
- Maharashtra Shops Form H: Register of intimated establishments
- Maharashtra Shops Form I: Notice of registration changes
- Maharashtra Shops Form J: Closure intimation for registered establishments
- Maharashtra Shops Form K: Closure intimation for intimation-only establishments
- Maharashtra Shops Form L: Woman worker consent for night shift
- Maharashtra Shops Form M: Notice of hours, rest and weekly holiday
- Maharashtra Shops Form N: Shift schedule and weekly holiday notice
- Maharashtra Shops Form O: Leave book
- Maharashtra Shops Form P: Notice of maximum accumulated leave
- Maharashtra Shops Form Q: Muster-roll cum wage register
- Maharashtra Shops Form R: Annual return
- Maharashtra Shops Form S: Application for compounding an offence
- Maharashtra Shops Form T: Particulars of managerial personnel
- Maharashtra Shops Form U: Particulars of confidential personnel