Statutory corporation's interim hiring power upheld; recruitment notice valid without framed regulations or a specific resolution.

The Corporation retained statutory power to appoint officers and servants and to fix interim service conditions even before regulations were framed, because the Act did not make prior regulations or State directions a condition precedent to functioning. The General Manager, acting under general management powers, was competent to issue the recruitment notice without a separate specific resolution. The challenge to the notice therefore failed, and no vested right to promotion was established on the respondent's facts.

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Issues: Whether the Corporation could appoint officers and servants and determine their service conditions in the absence of regulations framed under the Act, and whether the General Manager could issue the recruitment notice without a specific resolution of the Corporation.

Analysis: The Act expressly empowered the Corporation to appoint officers and servants necessary for the efficient performance of its functions and to provide suitable conditions of service. The provisions governing service conditions contemplated regulation-making power and possible State Government directions, but did not make the existence of framed regulations or prior directions a precondition to the Corporation's ability to function. In the absence of clear words taking away that power, the Corporation had to be able to carry on its administration during the interim period before regulations were framed. The General Manager, in the exercise of his general powers of management, was competent to issue a notice inviting applications. The respondent also failed to show any vested right to promotion.

Conclusion: The Corporation had the power to issue the notice and to make interim arrangements regarding appointments and service conditions until regulations or directions were in place. The challenge to the notice failed and the respondent's claim to promotion was negatived.

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