( 1 ) THE dispute in this writ petition is regarding the right of respondent No. 3, Shri B. Shankranand to be the Member and the President of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (respondent No. 2) and to be the Chairman of its Governing Body. The petitioners are (1) Common Cause (a registered society under the Societies Registration Act), through its director Shri H. D. Shourie, having its registered office ata-31 West End, New Delhi-110021, and (2) Forum for Justice and Peace (a registered society under the Societies Registration Act), through its Hon. General Secretary Shri Satish Sehgal, having its registered office at B-4/46, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi. The respondents are (1) Union of India through its Secretary Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi, (2) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, through its Director, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029 and (3) Shri B. Shankranand, Member of Parliament, 8, Tees January Marg, New Delhi.

( 2 ) ACCORDING to the petitioners, Shri B. Shankranand, the then Minister for Health and Family Welfare was nominated on 9th March, 1994 to be a member of the All India Institute of M