https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194029 Article 226 extends beyond bodies answerable under Article 12, but a writ of mandamus against a private body lies only where the impugned action is referable to a public duty, a positive public obligation, and a public law element. A voluntary non-governmental organisation without State funding, statutory compulsion, or pervasive governmental control was held not to satisfy that test. Its research, coordination and facilitation work, though publicly useful, was not treated as a sovereign or State-like function, and the challenged termination was characterised as a private employment matter. On those facts, writ jurisdiction was unavailable. en-us Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 10:20:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194029 Article 226 extends beyond bodies answerable under Article 12, but a writ of mandamus against a private body lies only where the impugned action is referable to a public duty, a positive public obligation, and a public law element. A voluntary non-governmental organisation without State funding, statutory compulsion, or pervasive governmental control was held not to satisfy that test. Its research, coordination and facilitation work, though publicly useful, was not treated as a sovereign or State-like function, and the challenged termination was characterised as a private employment matter. On those facts, writ jurisdiction was unavailable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194029