Oil and Natural Gas Commission Act, 1959

The Supreme Court examined the merger of Telex Operators into the Assistant Grade‑II (AG‑II) cadre of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) and the consequent seniority and promotion issues. The Telex Operators were redesignated as AG‑II employees on 25 April 1980 and placed en bloc below regular AG‑II staff, with …

The petitioners, former temporary employees of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) who were absorbed into the statutory body after the ONGC Act, 1959, claimed a right to a pension in addition to the benefits of the Contributory Provident Fund (CPF). They relied on Section 13(1) of the ONGC Act and Regulation 3(2)…

The case concerned V.U. Warrier, a former "gold‑collar" officer of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), who after retirement failed to vacate a residential quarter allotted to him and was charged penal rent. ONGC deducted Rs.53,632 of the penal rent from the gratuity payable to Warrier under the ONGC (Death, Reti…

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) appointed security workmen through contractors, a cooperative society and later by direct memorandum, without following its recruitment rules. The workmen claimed regularisation after completing more than 240 days of service, alleging an unfair labour practice. The Industrial …

The Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), a statutory corporation under the Oil and Natural Gas Commission Act, 1959, supplied natural gas to certain Gujarat industries under contracts whose prices were based on thermal equivalence with alternate fuels. The respondents, forming an association of gas‑consuming industri…