ASTO Constitutions
 
 

FUNCTIONS
 

1. Local Units
Local units will deal with the local problems only and will refer to the Central Working Committee for all policy matters and problems of general nature and shall not correspond directly with the Ministry or Corporation on such matters.

 

2. Central Executive Council
The activities of the Association shall be managed by the CEC who will decide the policy matters to betaken up by the CWC. However, in the exigency of the situation. CWC may take decision and subsequently put up to the CEC for ratification.


3. Central Working Committee
The Central Working Committee (CWC) shall decide all the details of the functioning of the Association as may arise from time-to-time within the broad guidelines given by the Central Executive Council.

 

 

Only the Central Working Committee will deal with the Corporation and Ministry unless decided by the CEC on any particular issue.
   
 
   

TERMS OF CEC,CWC & LOCAL UNITS
 

The terms of office of the CEC, CWC and local units shall be for a period of 2 years from the date the new CWC enters upon its office. To maintain uniformity in all units, a period of two years should being preferably from August and shall come to an end two years thereafter.

The outgoing working committee at different units shall arrange for the election in their respective units as per the programme decided by CEC and such elections should be held as per programme in all the units. The outgoing President and General Secretary of CWC will arrange the meeting of the newly elected CEC members for election of the President, CWC and to formulate broad guidelines.

 

1. Meetings

The meetings of CEC should be held atleast 4 times during the term of 2 years, preferably in different regions subject to general consensus of the CEC.


The local/regional units will bear the expenditure for their delegates attending meeting of Central Executive Council.


General body meetings of the Units should be held atleast 4 times during the term of 2 years.

 

 

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

The quorum for any CEC/CWC meeting shall be 1/3rd of the total members for the body. However, no quorum is needed for a postponed meeting.

The Central Executive Council/General Body may be requisitioned on demand by a minimum of 30% of the members.

The President of concerned body shall ordinarily preside over all CEC/CWC meetings. In the absence of President, the Vice-President will conduct the proceedings. In absence of both the President and Vice-President, the senior most office bearer will conduct the same.

The General Secretary shall be the Chief Executive to carryout the decision/s of Central Working Committee and shall be assisted by Jt. Secretary and other members.

Save as otherwise provided in this constitution, all questions at any CEC/CWC meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present other than the President, CWC.

The President, CWC shall not vote at the first instance, but shall have an exercise of casting vote in the case of equality of votes.

 

ASTO ELECTION
All officers of ONGC who enroll themselves as members of the Association and continue to be members shall be entitled to vote and get elected to different offices of the Association by single non-transferable vote.

Voting by proxy shall not be allowed . However, in genuine cases postal ballots will be issued.

In case of any dispute the decision of Returning Officer so appointed for the purpose shall be final. However, Returning Officer can consult Central working Committee before awarding such decision.

 

REMOVAL/SUPERSESSION
The Central Executive Council can supercede any unit in case that unit is found to be functioning in a manner which is detrimental to the overall interest of the Association, provided 75% of the total number of CEC members agree to do so. However, a detailed report should first be asked from the concerned unit and it is not found to be satisfactory by the CWC, then and only then, should such a resolution to supercede the concerned unit, be brought for approval of CEC. Such a report should be submitted to the President, CWC within 3 weeks from the date of its communication by the concerned unit failing which President, CWC in consultation with CWC can proceed suo-motto.

In case of CEC member of the Association is found acting in a manner prejudicial or detrimental to the interest of officer’s community, the CWC will have the authority to issue a show-cause notice giving reasonable time for explanation. The CWC will have the authority to debar, expel or suspend the membership of such an officer if satisfactory explanation is not submitted. Ex-post facto approval shall be obtained in the next CEC meeting.

In case any member of the Association other than CEC is found acting in a manner prejudicial or detrimental to the interest of the officers’ community, the local unit will have the authority to issue a show-cause notice giving reasonable time for explanation. The local unit will have the authority to debar expel or suspend the membership of such an officer if satisfactory explanation is not submitted. Expostfacto approval shall be obtained from the CEC.
   
   
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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