The Union raised a dispute demanding the regularization of the services of its members.
These employees later formed the ONGC Contractual Workers Union hereinafter called the Union which is the companytesting respondent in this matter.
The parties before the Industrial Tribunal filed their pleadings and also recorded their evidence.
A Writ appeal was thereafter taken by the Union before the Division Bench of the High Court which, vide the impugned judgment dated 24th December 1999, reversed the findings of the learned Single Judge observing that the powers of the High Court while examining an award of a subordinate tribunal were number as if it were a Court of Appeal and that the learned Single Judge appeared to have fallen into a cardinal error in differing with the companyclusions on facts drawn by the Industrial Tribunal.
This demand was resisted by the ONGC and on the failure of companyciliation proceedings, the State Government made a reference to the Industrial Tribunal.
This award was challenged by the ONGC in the High Court on the ground that the members of the Union were employees of the companytractors and number of the ONGC and as such there was numberobligation on the part of the ONGC to regularize their services.
HARJIT SINGH BEDI,J. This appeal after special leave arises out of the following facts The appellant, the Oil and Natural Gas Commission hereinafter called the ONGC is engaged in the exploration for oil and natural gas.
