The petitioners, who are four in numbers are working as Cooks and Helpers at Bose Institute, School Hostel, have prayed for following reliefs in this application:-

“(a) A writ in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents and/or their agents to regularise the services or the petitioners in permanent capacities under the said institute with all regular benefits and also an order commanding the respondents and/or their agents to treat the petitioners as Group-D employees with regular monthly salaries and allowances as admissible under the Central Government retrospectively at least from 4th June, 1993 and to pay the Bonus and Puja Advance of the year 1995.”

2. The petitioner contends that Bose Institution was originally founded by Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose in 1917 and is now a Society registered under the West Bengal Society registration Act, 1961. It is an autonomous organisation. Allegedly the Ministry of Science and Technology of Government of India is in full and complete budgetary or financial control of the said institute and also exercises administrative power for determination of the policies and directions of the institute.

3. It has further been averred that bot