Brief Overview

An entrepreneur, intending to occupy or taken into use any building constructed, reconstructed or extended as a factory, is required to obtain a certificate of stability in respect of that building from a competent person authorised for that purpose and accepted by the Chief Inspector of Factories, Assam for the purpose of the Factories Act,1948.

Overall process flow for the service

  (a) Diagrammatic Form

  (b) Description of the sequence of steps depicted in the above diagram
    (A) An entrepreneur shall apply along with necessary approved drawing and other to Competent Person for Certification of his building or precincts thereof to be taken into use as factory;
    (B) The Competent Person shall inspect and examine the building(s) with reference to the approved drawing, make tests and verify the structural design calculations and issue the certificate of stability.
    (C) The applicant after obtaining stability certificate and structural design calculation report shall submit to the Chief Inspector of Factories for his acceptance.
    (D) The Chief Inspector if satisfied may endorse his acceptance and issue
    (E) If not satisfied he may order recertification by another competent person.

Form(s) to be filled

Nil

Guidelines for filling up the form

Nil

Eligibility Criteria

An occupier is to ensure that-
  (A) The building(s) including foundation have been constructed as per relevant I.S.Code and no deviation of any kind from the approved plan have been made without written permission of the Chief Inspector.

Fees including the payment mode

Nil

Accompanying Documents Required

  (a)  Stability Certificate signed by the competent person (in triplicate);
  (b)  Structural Design of the building(s) including foundation with special reference to the machinery, plant etc. installed.
  (c)  An undertaking specifying clearly that the construction of the building(s) including foundation have been done as per the structural design under his observation and /or under the guidance of a registered technical person engaged on this behalf.

Important Timelines

  (a) Due date for submission: At least 15 days before occupation or use of the building as factory.
  (b) Time for processing: 7 Days

How to Apply

Steps for applying
  (a)  Make sure that you are eligible for applying (Review the eligibility checklist)
  (b)  Ensure that you attach the relevant documents

Whom to contact for any queries

(A) For Zone – I
(Jurisdiction of Senior Inspector of Factories, Zonal Factory Office, Guwahati.)
Name: - Addl. Chief Inspector of Factories, Assam, Betkuchi,Lokhra, Guwahati – 781040, Assam
Phone No.: 
Email id: cif_assam@yahoo.co.in, cif.labour.assam@gov.in

(B) For Zone – II
(Jurisdiction of Senior Inspector of Factories, Zonal Factory Office, Dibrugarh and Zonal Factory Office, Jorhat.)
Name: - Addl. Chief Inspector of Factories, Assam, Betkuchi,Lokhra, Guwahati – 781040, Assam
Phone No.: 
Email id: cif_assam@yahoo.co.in, cif.labour.assam@gov.in

(C) For Zone – III
(Jurisdiction of Senior Inspector of Factories, Zonal Factory Office, Bongaigaon )
Name: - Addl. Chief Inspector of Factories, Assam, Betkuchi,Lokhra, Guwahati – 781040, Assam
Phone No.: 
Email id: cif_assam@yahoo.co.in, cif.labour.assam@gov.in

Whether the service is offline or online

Till now, the service is offline in the Office of the Chief Inspector of Factories, Assam, NPS International School lane, Betkuchi, Lokhra, Guwahati-781040, Assam