Soon after their appointment the appellant Company numbericed that the aforesaid appointments of Respondents 1 to 5 were made by the then Managing Director, Shri K.P. Thakur in companytravention of the Government Order dated 1 4 1989 Annexure B without the approval of the State Government and therefore, another Managing Director successor of Shri K.P. Thakur by order dated 31 7 1989 terminated the services of Respondents 1 to 5.
3973/83 which was allowed by judgment dated 1 12 1993 whereby the order of termination of the respondents was quashed.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by FAIZAN UDDIN, J. Leave granted.
At the relevant time one Shri K.P Thakur was the Managing Director of the appellant companypany who by an order dated 6 7 1989 Annexure D appointed Respondents 1 to 3, namely, Devendra Kumar Jain, Dilip Goel and Promod Mishra as temporary Junior Managers and by two subsequent orders both dated 8 6 1989 Annexure E/1 and 2 appointed Respondents 4 and 5, namely, Mehboob Hussain and Liaquat Mohd.
Khilzi as temporary Junior Managers in the appellant Company.
The respondents challenged the aforesaid order of termination in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh in Miscellaneous Petition No.
The appellant is a government companypany within the meaning of Section 617 of the Companies Act which is companytrolled and owned by the State Government and a subsidiary companypany of M.P. Laghu Udhyo Nigam Limited which is carrying on business activities of development of handicrafts and handloom products.
