https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104149 Employees of a Government-owned company were held not to fall within section 10 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, because that disqualification is confined to a managing agent, manager or secretary, and ordinary posts such as khalashi or meter reader do not satisfy those categories. They were also held not to hold an office of profit under article 191(1)(a) merely because the company was wholly owned by the Central Government; the decisive test is real governmental control over appointment, removal, remuneration and supervision, which in this case remained with the company. The ratio emphasises that a Government-controlled company does not automatically create an office of profit under the Government. en-us Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:28:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104149 Employees of a Government-owned company were held not to fall within section 10 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, because that disqualification is confined to a managing agent, manager or secretary, and ordinary posts such as khalashi or meter reader do not satisfy those categories. They were also held not to hold an office of profit under article 191(1)(a) merely because the company was wholly owned by the Central Government; the decisive test is real governmental control over appointment, removal, remuneration and supervision, which in this case remained with the company. The ratio emphasises that a Government-controlled company does not automatically create an office of profit under the Government. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104149