Our core team

The Sankhla & Co. Labour Law and Compliance Team

Sankhla Consultants combines operating experience with specialist backgrounds in labour law, government labour administration, provident fund and financial advisory.

Team profile
Founder
Labour & HR compliance
Government
Retired labour administration
EPFO
Retired PF commissioner experience
Finance
Chartered accountancy
01Founder & leadership

M.S. Sankhla

MPM, LL.B & DLL · Founder & CEO

Founder and CEO of Sankhla Corporate Services Private Limited. His background includes senior HR experience in Indian industry before establishing the labour-law compliance practice.

02Labour administration

G.S. Thakur

Dy. Labour Commissioner (Retd.)

Retired from the Labour Department, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India, with more than three decades of service experience in labour administration.

03EPFO advisory

Prem Singh Jamwal

Assistant PF Commissioner (Retd.)

Retired from the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation after more than three decades of service, bringing specialist experience in provident-fund administration.

04Finance & professional advisory

Sanjay Singhal

Chartered Accountant and IP

Chartered accountant with experience working with Fortune 500 companies, MNCs, Indian business houses and professional law and accounting firms.

How expertise is used

Routine work stays structured. Exceptions get specialist attention.

The strongest compliance model separates recurring process from matters that need interpretation, regulator experience or professional judgment.

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Recurring compliance delivery

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Payroll and statutory verification

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Inspection and notice support

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Advisory and escalation

Scope and practical guidance

How operational work and specialist review connect

Payroll operations and statutory reconciliation

The Payroll workstream supports payroll preparation and independent verification and routine EPF and ESIC operations. It works from approved employee and attendance inputs, documents differences and coordinates the relevant correction and approval trail. A filing or payment task is performed only within the agreed scope and authorisation.

Questions requiring legal interpretation, a notice reply or authority liaison move to Legal Compliance. This makes the escalation route explicit without mixing a contested matter with routine monthly processing.

Legal Compliance, audit and employer advisory

Legal Compliance covers employer advisory and notices, authority liaison and vendor or client compliance audits. Audits identify the evidence reviewed, gaps found and follow-up required; they are not continuous site supervision or a guarantee of a regulatory outcome.

The specialist backgrounds described above provide context for professional review. The actual engagement identifies the responsible contacts and mandate. A past government role does not imply current government affiliation, influence or preferential treatment.

Records, recurring coordination and client decisions

The statutory-compliance workstream connects registers and records, returns and PT/LWF coordination with the approved payroll and establishment inputs. Client communication should identify what has been received, what remains pending and which decision or document is needed next.

The employer retains its approval and payment responsibilities. Technical safety, engineering and other specialist certifications are not replaced by a payroll or documentary-compliance review. The company profile explains the wider delivery approach and the company page describes the practice.

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