Decisions of the Authority

Appellant impugned order of Authority passed in a review before it, on the ground that same was coram non judice as it had been passed by two members of the Authority excluding the Chairman, which was a violation of S.4(1) of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance 2002

Contention of OGRA on the other hand was that impugned order was valid under protection available by virtue of S.4(4) of the Ordinance and that since the Chairman OGRA was on forced leave, therefore, two members of the Authority sat on the review

Held, that no vacancy was in existence at the relevant time when the impugned order was passed and the Chairman OGRA was on forced leave, therefore, OGRA could not take benefit of S.4(4) of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002 in order to justify its decision

Record showed that three members of the Authority had rejected the appeal of the appellants, by a majority decision of two members, and in such a scenario, propriety demanded that review arising therefrom must also be heard and decided by three members of the Authority

Impugned order was therefore passed by an incompetent authority and was in violation of S.4(1) of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002 and was set aside.