JUDGMENT

SINGH, J.:— This is a petition under Art. 32 of the Constitution of India, filed by the petitioner Union on behalf of the employees of the Grih Kalyan Kendra for a declaration that the Grih Kalyan Kendra wherein the workers are employed is State within the meaning of Art. 12 of the Constitution and for the issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the Union of India and the respondents to pay regular pay scales in parity with other employees performing similar work under the Union of India like New Delhi Municipal Committee and other Departments of Delhi Administration.

2. Grih Kalyan Kendra is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860. Its objectives as set out in the Memorandum of Association are as follows:

"a) To promote social, economic, cultural and educational activities for the betterment of the Central Government employees and their families;

b) To impart technical. and vocational training in home crafts and other household arts for useful utilisation of leisure time; and

c) To organise and promote economic activities that may provide opportunities for gainful employment to families of Central Government employees for supplementing family incomes"

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