Kurian vs State Of Kerala on 18 November, 1981
Following the above dictum it has been held in N.B. Shukla v. Bank of Baroda [1979] 1 LLJ 291, that a nationalised bank comes under "other authorities" under Article 12 of the Constitution. This also indicates that an employee of the nationalised bank is a public servant, but this aspect need not be taken into account in view of the reasoning adopted in the foregoing paragraph.