JUDGMENT - LODHA R.M., J.:---By this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for direction to respondent to pay him amount of arrears of salary from June 1993 until September 1993, the gratuity, provident fund, etc. with interest at the rate of 21% per annum from 1-10-1993 till actual payment of the entire amounts due and further direction to respondents to pay the petitioner's amount of Rs. 14,000/- towards encashment of earned leave for 46 days with interest at the rate of 21% p.a. from 1-10-1993 till actual payment of the same and also direction to respondents to settle the account of the petitioner in respect of other allowances such as leave travel allowance, travelling allowance, maintenance of the office cum residence, medical reimbursement.

2. The respondent is Maharashtra Industrial and Technical Consultancy Organisation Limited. Unless the respondent falls within the meaning of the State or agency/instrumentality of the State within the meaning of Article 12 of Constitution of India, the claim of the petitioner does not deserve to be examined on merits. We shall, therefore, first see whether Maharashtra Industrial and Techni

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