ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL OFFICERS
OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LTD. ent
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CENTRAL WORKING COMMITTEE
No. ASTO/CWC/Fleld Allowances/2018-21/29 2so9.2021
To,
Chairman and Managing Dieector
ONGC,
5 Floor, Deendayal Ura Bhawan
New Dehhi-110070
‘Sul: Payment of Feld Allowances to officers working in fleld Operations in ONGC
Si,
-ASTO Units of Western Replon met on 250 Soptomber 2021 at Ahmedabad where CWC members fin
‘Agartala, Mumba, Deland Dehradun were also present. Detaled discussion on non-payment o eld
allowances to officers working infield operations were held. We woul like to brig t your notice
non-payment of compensation to officers working in the field operations. Kindly reer to our earlier
letters whlch are as flows
1. ASTO'srprt one allowances submited to ONGC on 05.09.2018.
Joint working group of represecatves ffom ASTO and Management met twice in
December2010/January2019. Management representatives could not come to a common
conclusian,
4. The sue was again discussed in detailed during 1* bilateral meeting with Managementand ASTO
CCweheld on 05.02.2018,
4 ASTO vide its letter dated 27.02.2019 communicated that other PSUs are stil continuing to
compensate their officers working Infield operations. ASTO provided the order of ether PSUs 35
‘wells Pay slip ta show payment being made by them,
5 ASTO vie its letter dated 11.03.2019 provided legal opinion of senior advocate of Hontble
Supreme court regarding statutory paymonts tobe made under te relevant statutes of Mines Ac
1952 or compensating the lass ofofcer engaged in hard duty and under consderabe stress and
hazardous and also working overtime without any additional benefits,
5. ONGC had also sought legal opinion from Shr. famshed P Cama, Senior Advocate of Honble
‘Supreme Court of Inia. Sh Cama provided a writen advise dated 40.04.2019 to ONGC where the
learned senior advocate has lariy mentioned that the conditions imposed foremploying persons
‘nexploration and production in Oand gas mines Indiaareapplcabeuptothetndian terior
7. Vide eters No ASTO/CWC/Field Alowances/2018-20 dated 27H june 2019 and 19% jly 2019,
we had submited documents related to compensation tobe pald to our olcers working nfl
‘operations as per the provision of Act and Relations
8, ASTO as pare of delegation from Federation of Oil PSUs Offcers (FOPO), had met Secretary,
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, GO! and had submitted ete binging ou violation of
Provions of Mines. Ac, exertions as per Act, vide eter no, ASTO/MOPNG/TINd
‘Allowances/2018-20. dated 22% July 2019,
9. Alte lot of persuasion by ASTO the meeting of oint working group was again held at Chennal in
December 2019 where again management representatives could not came to a common