The Labour Employment Training & Factories (Lab-I) Department of the Government of Telangana, on 04.04.2023, issued an order for granting exemption to the Shops and Establishments under Section 7 of the Telangana Shops and Establishments Act, 1988 (opening and closing hours) for operating 24/7 in the Telangana State subject to certain exceptions.
The notification results from the issue reported by the Commissioner of Labour, Telangana, Hyderabad, for the same matter and to scrutinize its conduct.
As a result of this notification, all Shops & Establishments will be exempt from Section 7 (Opening and Closing Hours) of the Telangana Shops and Establishments Act, 1988, issued by the Government of Telangana in the exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (4) of section 73 of the Act (Exemption: Government can exempt by a notification, either permanently or for any specified period, any establishment or class, or persons or class of persons, from all or any of the provisions of this Act, subject to such conditions as they may deem fit).