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(1) The petitioner company has filed this writ petition as the Central Government by its letter dated 14th January, 1983, Annexure 'K' to the writ petition, has not- given an expression of opinion regarding the professional status of Shri C. R. Alimchandani, who was appointed as its Senior Chief Consultant, by a Resolution dated 20-7-1982 in its General Meeting.

(2) It is stated in the writ petition that Shri C. R. Alimchandani is one of the "Outstanding Professionals in the field of Structural Design" and diverse applications of pre-stressed Concrete Technology This is stated in paragraph No. 6 of the Petition which reads as under:- "6.Shri C. R. Alimchandani holds the technical post of Senior Chief Consultant-and has attained the lop-most level on the technical side of the company by dint of professional merit acquired by him ever since his graduation in Civil Engineering from Poona University, at the age of 22, in 1957 ranking first in the University. He proceeded to France under a French Government Scholarship for advanced studies and training in pre-stressed design construction and secured the D.C.T. He was awarded the Actim Medal for the most outstanding professional among 35,000 renowned experts trained by Actim (French Government Agency) over a period of 20 years. He is a recognised expert on a structural design and diverse applications of pre-stressed concrete. He is Editor of the Stup Bulletin of Information, a quarterly journal priced at Rs. 6.00 per issue which enjoys a considerable circulation in the professional circles concerned with Civil Engineering. He has been the Vice-President from India of the Federation International de law pre constraints (F.LP.) and as such Vice-President brought out a report to the 9th International F.I.P. Congress, Stockholm, 1982, a report which has been published by Institution of Engineers (.India). The said report contains not only his forward as Vice-President of F.I.P. from India, but also contains an article by him and another professional named Shri P. C. Bhasal and Shri N. V. Merani belonging to the Government of India and Government of Maharashtra respectively as engineers of experience and this article contains reference to some of the projects undertaken by the company. A copy of the said report will be referred to and relied upon by the petitioner at the hearing as may be required by the Hon'ble Court. The standing of Shri Alimchandani in the profession of Civil Engineering is further evident from the lectures delivered by him on 30th November, 1973 at the Bengal Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India) at Calcutta, styled the Institution of Structural Engineers (London) Lecture for the year 1973. He has also distinguished himself as the author of several articles on the subject in which he has specialised for a whole life-time so far. A complete charge of the Senior Technical personnel of the company in charge of various projects in which the company is interested for the designs sponsored by it and for removing technical impediments in the execution of the said project is annexed hereto and marked Annexure 'D' The said charge includes all the Directors of the Company we of whom only happens to be an Advocate. These senior persons guide and direct other technical personnel with engineering qualifications working under them in several teams and the technical personnel as a whole numbering about 250 as aforesaid give validity and justification to the name by which the company is known, namely Stup Consultants Limited. Shri C. R. Alimchandani is in overall charge of the work of the various teams of experts who constitute, as it were, the soul-force of the company and Shri Alimchandani constitutes the moving spirit of the company in this respect. His primary role consists in this respect and for the professional services involved in this role, he takes remuneration from the company, the services being rendered' to the clients of the company rather than the company itself as for any project that it owns. Shri Alimchandani is also expected by the company to continue as Chairman and Managing Director of the company with no additional remuneration vide letter of the company to Shri Alimchandani dated 25th June, 1982. A copy of the said letter is annexed hereto and marked as Annexure"E'. The capacity of Managing Director is a capacity distinct and different from Shri Alimchandani's capacity as Senior Chief Consultant of the Company. As Managing Director of the company, he is concerned with matters of the several kinds which are essentially of organisational nature as described already in paragraph 4 above. These matters also involve their own peculiar responsibility but in view of the professional services by which he is able to fulfill himself in relation to various clients of the company, he is content to be an honorary Managing Director as resolved by the company. The copies of the resolutions passed by the company in General Meeting in respect of the two capacities of Shri Alimchandani as Managing Director and as Senior Chief Consultant on the same date, namely 20th July, 1982 are annexed hereto and marked as Annexure 'F' and 'G' respectively".