JUDGMENT

S.B. Sinha, J.—Appellant No. 1 - Indian Council of Medical Research (“ICMR”) is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act. It is engaged in research activities in the field of medicine. It carries out various research activities through various schemes/projects. One of such projects is called `National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau’. The said project was carried out in the States of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal and U.P.

2. For the aforementioned purpose, the Central Government admittedly grants grant-in-aid on year to year basis.

3. Respondent herein was appointed by reason of an offer of appointment dated 1.4.1975. The terms of appointment demonstrates that the same was also on year to year basis. The post was also on year to year basis as the grant-in-aid of the Central Government in relation to the said project was on that basis. However, the project continued for a long time for one reason or the other. Respondent prayed for regularisation of her services, but the same having been rejected, she approached High Court of Madras seeking for a direction to the respondents to regularise her servic