12. Further, even if the service regulations have not got the force of law, the Corporation is bound to act according to its own rules and standards by which it professes its action to be judged on the principle laid down by Justice Frankfurther in Vitarelli v. Seaton, 359, U.S. 535, that he takes the procedural sword shall perish with that sword. I, therefore, find that even though the relationship between the Management and the petitioner originated in a contract an element of public employment is involved in the service of the petitioner with the Management and the petitioner has acquired a status and that the relationship between the Management and the petitioner is not that of a master and servant as contended by the learned Solicitor General.

13. An answer to the Second Point will depend upon an interpretation of the scheme of Service Rules and also the language of Rules 9.1 and 13.1. Under Rule 12.1 every officer appointed to the services of the Company shall retire when he completes the age of 58 years on the last day of the month in which he completes 58 year. This clause therefore confers on the officers of the Management the right of security of tenure till they complete

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