1975 (2) TMI 118

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...., Additional Solicitor General of India and Rameshwar Nath, JUDGMENT: RAY, C.J.- In Writ Petition No. 43 of 1972 the petitioner who is junior stenographer in the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research asked for an order declaring two letter- to be discriminatory and violative of Article 14. The two letters relate to recommendations of the Finance Sub- Committee of the Council of Scienti....

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....s appointed by the Government of India representing the administrative Ministry under which the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is included, and the Ministry of Finance and one or more members appointed by the Government of India. The Government of India may terminate the membership of any member or at one and the same time of all members other than the ex-officio members of the Gove....

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....and Technology. Extracting the features as aforesaid, it was contended that these would indicate that the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research was really an agency of the Government. This contention is unsound. The Society does not have a statutory character like the Oil and Natural Gas Commission, or the Life Insurance Corporation or Industrial Finance Corporation. It is a society incor....

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.... are carried out in a responsible manner. This Court has he1d in Praga Tools Corporation v. C. A. lmanual & Ors. [1969] 3 S.C.R. 773. Heavy Engineering Mazdoor Union v. The State of Bihar & Ors. [1969] 3 S.C.R. 995 and in S. I,. Agarwal v. General Manager Hindustan Steel Ltd. [1970] 3 SC.R. 363 that the Praga Tools Corporation, Heavy Engineering 70 Sup. CI/75 Mazdoor Union and Hindustan Steel Ltd....