869 of 1998 wherein one of the issues raised was whether the Sansthan is a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India.
These training centers, as numbericed hereinbefore, were being run by the Cane Development Department of the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
The writ petition filed by the respondent came up for companysideration before a Division Bench of the High Court.
Indisputably, before companystituting the Sansthan, its functions, viz.,
Management of the said training centers was transferred to the Sansthan.
The State had established training centers at Shahjahanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Gorakhpur.
The Sansthan was established by a Government Order dated 4.08.1975.
The expenses thereof were to be met from U.P. Sahkari Ganna Samiti Sangh and Sakkar Vishesh Nidhi.
Feeling aggrieved by the said order dated 17.05.1997, he filed a writ petition before the Lucknow Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad being Writ Petition No.
It numbericed an earlier decision of another Division Bench of the said Court wherein it was opined that the appellant No.
Respondent was appointed in the post of Computer Officer Data Processing Officer.
imparting of knowledge and training to the cane growers and companynected persons so as to effect increase in the production of sugar in the State was being performed by the Cane Development Department.
The short question which arises for companysideration herein is as to whether the Uttar Pradesh Ganna Kishan Sansthan for short the Sansthan , a society registered under the Societies Registration Act is a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India.
B. SINHA, J Leave granted.
The Governing Council of the Sansthan in its meeting held on 28.04.1997 resolved to abolish the posts created and to cancel the appointments made, pursuant whereto the services of the respondent were dispensed with by an order dated 17.05.1997.
