The Gurugram district administration has opened two helplines, including the state emergency number 112, for residents to anonymously report private offices that are flouting the mandatory 50% work-from-home order imposed to curb severe winter air pollution across Delhi-NCR. To report, you can call 112 or 928979048.
The order, issued by the Deputy Commissioner on 4 November 2026 and in force from 5 November to 20 November, caps physical attendance at state government offices, private offices and corporate establishments at 50% of total staff, with the remaining employees required to work from home. Industrial establishments and essential services are exempted. The directive followed a Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) notification dated 30 October that bound Delhi and the NCR districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar to the same compliance window.
Show-cause notices have already been sent to around 15 firms in Gurugram, with law firms Trilegal and JSA Advocates & Solicitors in the Godrej GCR complex, Sector 42, among the first flagged. A team led by the Badshahpur Sub-Divisional Magistrate conducted surprise inspections on 5 November and found 160 of 262 Trilegal staff (around 61%) and 87 of 117 JSA staff (around 74%) present in the office, well above the 50% ceiling. Both firms were asked to furnish attendance records and a written explanation within 24 hours.
The order warns that non-compliance will invite action under Section 14 of the CAQM Act, 2021 and other applicable laws. All state government and private offices “have been directed to ensure that not more than 50% of their staff is physically present and the remaining shall work from home.”
Enforcement is the sharpest yet in the NCR’s seasonal pollution playbook. HR teams across Gurugram, which hosts several Fortune 500 captives and large GCCs, are now maintaining attendance packets, roster archives and justification notes through 20 November, pending CAQM’s review of the curbs near that date.
