IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.8406 OF 2004 ONGC General Kamgar Sanghatana Petitioner versus Oil & Natural Gas Commission and others Respondents C.V.Singh i/by Abhay Kulkarni, adv. for petitioner. CORAM : A.P.SHAH AND S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, JJ. DATE : 1st November 2004 PC : 1. Heard advocates. 2. Application preferred by the petitioner union for abolition of contract labour in various categories listed in the application is pending before the Central Contract Labour Advisory Board since 2001 and the issue of regularisation is pending before Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), Government of India since September 2003. 3. We direct the Central Contract Labour Advisory Board to consider petitioner’s request of abolition of contract expeditiously and make appropriate recommendation to the Central Government within a period of three months from today. The Central Government shall take appropriate decision on such recommendation within two months from the date of receipt of recommendation from the Board. 4. The Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) is seized of the demand for regularisation. The Commissioner shall complete the conciliation process and if conciliation fails, submit the failure report within three months. Upon receipt of report of Commissioner, Central Government shall pass appropriate order within two months thereafter. 5. Till the issues of abolition and regularisation are decided, respondent no.1 shall not engage contract labour other than contract labour listed at Exhibit-A to the petition, if they need contract labour hereinafter through any contractor. 6. Petition is disposed of in terms of above order. Ad-interim order of status-quo stands vacated. (A.P.SHAH, J.) (S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J.)