Lok Sabha Question No. 5924 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Pending Cases for RO
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5924

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  APRIL, 2017

## PENDING CASES FOR RO

## 5924.     DR. GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU  :

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

## Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  a  large  number  of  cases  are  pending  in  the  courts  with regard to renting of retail outlets by Oil Marketing Companies and also eviction of retail outlets sites;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) the measures taken by the Government to reduce the pendency of court cases with regard to retail outlets?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)  &  (b)  -  There  are  905  pending  Court  cases  of  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs) throughout the country with regard to rent / eviction of retail outlet sites. The State/UTwise details of these cases are provided in Annexure-I.

OMCs are  taking  steps  for  renewal  of  leases  within  the  laid  down  norms.  Also,  the payment of site lease rentals is done in a timely manner so that there is no default in payment of such rentals.

- (c) OMCs take steps to defend the court cases and to resolve the issues. Wherever possible, if required, negotiations / out of court settlement is also tried.

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## Annexure 1

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a)&(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.5924 asked by Dr. Gokaraju Ganga Raju, Hon`ble MP regarding "Pending Cases for RO".

OMC - Pending Court cases for RO

|                      | OMC                                          | OMC                                                   | OMC                       |
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| States               | No. of pending court cases due to lease rent | No. of pending court cases due to eviction of RO site | Total pending court cases |
| Andaman & Nicobar    | 0                                            | 0                                                     | 0                         |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 8                                            | 29                                                    | 37                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 0                                            | 0                                                     | 0                         |
| Assam                | 2                                            | 1                                                     | 3                         |
| Bihar                | 8                                            | 8                                                     | 16                        |
| Chandigarh           | 0                                            | 0                                                     | 0                         |
| Chhattisgarh         | 0                                            | 9                                                     | 9                         |
| Dadar & Nagar Haveli | 0                                            | 0                                                     | 0                         |
| Daman & Diu          | 0                                            | 0                                                     | 0                         |
| Delhi                | 3                                            | 10                                                    | 13                        |
| Goa                  | 0                                            | 2                                                     | 2                         |
| Gujarat              | 11                                           | 70                                                    | 81                        |
| Haryana              | 6                                            | 6                                                     | 12                        |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 1                                            | 1                                                     | 2                         |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | 0                                            | 1                                                     | 1                         |
| Jharkand             | 2                                            | 24                                                    | 26                        |
| Karnataka            | 31                                           | 33                                                    | 64                        |
| Kerala               | 1                                            | 35                                                    | 36                        |
| Lakshadweep          | 0                                            | 22                                                    | 22                        |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 4                                            | 30                                                    | 34                        |
| Maharashtra          | 19                                           | 136                                                   | 155                       |
| Manipur              | 0                                            | 0                                                     | 0                         |
| Meghalaya            | 1                                            | 0                                                     | 1                         |
| Mizoram              | 0                                            | 0                                                     | 0                         |
| Nagaland             | 0                                            | 0                                                     | 0                         |
| Odisha               | 2                                            | 6                                                     | 8                         |
| Pondicherry          | 2                                            | 1                                                     | 3                         |
| Punjab               | 12                                           | 15                                                    | 27                        |
| Rajasthan            | 4                                            | 23                                                    | 27                        |
| Sikkim               | 0                                            | 0                                                     | 0                         |

| Tamil Nadu    |   17 |   105 |   122 |
|---------------|------|-------|-------|
| Telangana     |   11 |    25 |    36 |
| Tripura       |    0 |     0 |     0 |
| Uttar Pradesh |   31 |    51 |    82 |
| Uttarakhand   |    8 |     3 |    11 |
| West Bengal   |    6 |    69 |    75 |
| All-India     |  190 |   715 |   905 |