https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176436 Article 226 relief is unavailable where the respondent is not a State, statutory body, or authority performing a public duty, and the dispute is only a contractual employment matter. An international institute established by agreement, funded mainly by foreign contributors, and not financially, functionally, or administratively dominated by the Government of India was treated as outside writ jurisdiction. Its research and training functions were held to be voluntary and not public duties owed to the Indian public. The contractual employment claim could not be enforced by writ, and the prayer against the Union of India was in substance a claim against the institute, with no specifically enforceable domestic right shown under the agreement. en-us Fri, 14 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:16:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176436 Article 226 relief is unavailable where the respondent is not a State, statutory body, or authority performing a public duty, and the dispute is only a contractual employment matter. An international institute established by agreement, funded mainly by foreign contributors, and not financially, functionally, or administratively dominated by the Government of India was treated as outside writ jurisdiction. Its research and training functions were held to be voluntary and not public duties owed to the Indian public. The contractual employment claim could not be enforced by writ, and the prayer against the Union of India was in substance a claim against the institute, with no specifically enforceable domestic right shown under the agreement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 14 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176436