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18. The petitioner, admittedly not appointed as per the procedure for selection of Government employees but was appointed by PTA and paid from PTA fund.

19. It is also apparent by way of present writ petition, the petitioner has not challenged the constitutionality or validity of the notification. The only challenge made by the petitioner is that of the impugned award and her prayer in the present writ petition is to quash the impugned award. This case is squarely covered by the principles laid down by Supreme Court in Union of India and Anr. vs. Chotelal & Ors, reported in (1991) 1 Supreme Court Cases 554. In this case, the Supreme Court has dealt with the question whether the dhobis appointed to wash the clothes of cadets at NDA, Khadakwasla and being paid from regimental fund can be said to be working on a civil post. The Supreme Court has clearly held that the regimental fund was credited under the management of the commanding officer of the institution from the monthly dhobi allowances which were granted to each cadet and the dhobi worked out of that fund and therefore they cannot be said to have been engaged by the Ministry of Defence. It is further observed that under the provisions of defence services regularisation no. 801 (B), regimental fund was defined as to mean comprising all funds, other than public funds, maintained by a unit.