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2026 Supreme(Online)(Del) 783

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Sanjeev Narula, J
Kinshuk Mahanty – Appellant
Versus
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Limited – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Manoj Mishra, Vishesh Jain, Rajesh Gupta
For the Respondents: Abhishek Puri, Surbhi Gupta, Sahil Grewal, Satya Ranjan Swain, Kautilya Birat, Ankush Kapoor, Vishwadeep, Virender Pratap Singh Charak, Shubhra Parashar

Table of Content
1. overview of the background facts regarding recruitment of contractual field executives versus regular graduate trainees. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. arguments comparing the nature of contractual service with regular service and invoking the doctrine of equal pay for equal work. (Para 5 , 6)
3. legal analysis on the limitations of judicial power in ordering regularisation and the requirements for establishing pay parity. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10)
4. conclusion that no legal right to regularisation exists and the writ petition is dismissed. (Para 11 , 12)

1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution seeks, in substance, two sets of directions: first, a mandamus to regularise or absorb the Petitioners, who were engaged as fixed tenure Field Executives pursuant to Advertisement No. 3/2008 (R&P); and second, a mandamus directing parity in salary, promotional avenues and allied service benefits with regular executives of the Respondent Corporation, particularly Graduate Trainees (E-1 level) recruited in the same period.

2. The relevant facts are largely undisputed. In 2008, the Respondent issued an advertisement for recruitment of 250 fixed tenure Field Executives. The e

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