(MAY 30, 2001) 2001 (TLS)125269

2001-DLT-94-232 :: 2001-AD (Del)-6-529

OM PARKASH Vs. Director, AIIMS

VIKRAMAJIT SEN

( 1 ) THE question that arises in these petitions is whether the personell engaged by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (hereinafter referred to as AIIMS) from time to time in sundry projects undertaken by it are entitled to regular employment with it. These persons have worked for periods varying from one year to over fifteen years. In respect of some of them who were engaged as researchers for periods of over twelve years, the Hon ble Supreme Court had in Dr, V. L. Chandra vs. All India Institute , of Medical others, (1990) 3 SCC 38 ensured their regularisation despite the argument of the AIIMS that they had been appointed only to projects and were not entitled to continue in service after the completion of the project. To appreciate the views of the Apex Court, the relevant paragraphs are reproduced below:

"the Institute set up by statute is intended to carry on research in a continuous way to improve the level of medical knowledge. Under the Act the institute is an autonomous body though the Chairman thereof is no other than the Union M