Union Of India And Anr vs Chotelal And Ors on 8 December, 1998
7. Prior thereto, in the case of UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS V.
CHOTELAL AND OTHERS, JT 1998 (8) SC 497, relating to Dhobis
appointed to wash the clothes of cadets at the National Defence
Academy, Kharakwasla, question arose whether the Dhobis were
holders of civil post or not. Reversing the decision of the Tribunal that it
had jurisdiction to entertain the original application, the Hon‟ble
Supreme Court held as under: