TMI Blog1967 (10) TMI 69X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ations for appointments to class 11 junior posts of (a) assistant/divisional statisticians and (b) labour welfare officers on a pay of ₹ 220 per month in the pay scale of ₹ 220-15-400-EB-20-500 plus the usual dearness and other allowances admissible under the Rules. On August 11, 1964, the respondent tiled a writ petition in the High Court at Mysore claiming that the Corporation had no power to issue the notice and praying for an order quashing it. The High Court allowed the petition and quashed the notice. The Corporation has filed this appeal by special leave. For the proper appreciation of the point in issue, it is necessary to read ss. 14 19(1)(a), 19(1)(b), 19(1)(c), 34. 45(1) and 45(2)(c) of the Road Transport Corporati ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tained by it and disposal of its profits or stocks. (2) In the exercise of its powers and performance of its duties under this Act, the Corporation shall not depart from any general instructions issued under sub-section (1) except with the previous permission of the State Government. 45(1). A Corporation may, with the previous sanction of the State Government. make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act and the rules made thereunder, for the administration of the affairs of the Corporation. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-- (c) the conditions of appointment and service and the scales of pay of of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n the absence of regulations framed under s. 45(2)(c) of the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950. The appellant is an autonomous Corporation incorporated under the Act for the purpose of operating road transport services in the State and extended areas. For the proper discharge of its functions, it is necessary for the Corporation to appoint officers and servants. Section 14(2) expressly coners upon the Corporation the incidental power to appoint such officers and servants as it considers necessary for the efficient performance of its functions. Section 19(1)(c) empowers it to provide for its employees suitable conditions of service. Section 14(3) provides that the conditions of appointment and service and the scales of pay of its officers ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... framed. There is no merit in the further contention that the General Manager had no power to issue the notice dated July 21, 1964 in the absence of any resolution by the Corporation under s.12(c) expressly authorising him to issue it. In the exercise of his general powers of management the General Manager had clearly the power to issue a notice inviting applications from intending candidates, It is not alleged that he made any appointment pursuant to the notice. The respondent also contended that he had the right to be promoted to a class II junior post. But there is nothing on the record to show that he has any vested right of promotion to the post. Civil Miscellaneous Petition No. 3032 of 1967 filed by the respondent asking for libert ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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