https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=161377 For disqualification under Article 191(1)(a), the office must be directly under the Government; indirect governmental control over a separate company is not enough. The SC noted that employees of the Mysore Iron & Steel Works became company employees after transfer to a private limited company, with no proof of a retained Government lien, lent service, or continuing Government post, and a Civil List entry was insufficient to show Government service. Section 10 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 was treated as reinforcing that only specified offices in certain companies are covered. The election challenge therefore failed on the disqualification ground. en-us Mon, 27 Jan 1969 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:36:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=161377 For disqualification under Article 191(1)(a), the office must be directly under the Government; indirect governmental control over a separate company is not enough. The SC noted that employees of the Mysore Iron & Steel Works became company employees after transfer to a private limited company, with no proof of a retained Government lien, lent service, or continuing Government post, and a Civil List entry was insufficient to show Government service. Section 10 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 was treated as reinforcing that only specified offices in certain companies are covered. The election challenge therefore failed on the disqualification ground. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 27 Jan 1969 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=161377