1. Chief question falling for consideration is whether the respondent No. 3 Meinhart Singapore Pvt. Ltd., a Multinational Company, which has established place of business within India, under the provisions of the Indian Companies Act, 1956, is an "instrumentality of the State" or "other authority" under Art.12 of the Constitution of India?

2. The Municipal Corporation, Bilaspur respondent No. 1 herein entered into agreement with Meinhart Singapore Pvt. Ltd. respondent No. 3 herein, a multinational company having established place of business within India, under the provisions of the Indian Companies Act, 1956 on
09.11.2006 for construction of sanitary sewerage system in Bilaspur city covering an area of 30.42 sq. km.. The petitioners were appointed as Engineers by order dated 05.09.2011 for providing consultancy service for planning, designing and supervision of execution of sanitary sewerage system for Bilaspur city till the completion of project, on a gross remuneration of 30,000 per month. The said Company / respondent No. 3 did not pay salary to the petitioners since November, 2014, for which they have filed this writ petition stating inter alia that though they have worked from