Sudhir Vasudev Cmd Ongc & Ors vs M.George Ravishekaran & Ors

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of the absorption of contract employees as regular employees under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, specifically referencing Section 10(1). The Court reaffirmed the principle established in Air India Statutory Corporation vs. United Labour Union, which states that upon abolition of contract labor, such workers become employees of the principal employer. The Court held that the respondents, who were previously contract Radio Operators, must be absorbed as Marine Assistant Radio Operators with the appropriate pay scale effective from 8.9.1994, as recommended by a Ministry Committee.