V P CHATURVEDI Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The main application is under Article 32 of the Constitution while the contempt petition and the interlocutory applications in the connected writ petition are for orders and directions. The common aspects in all the three proceedings are that the petitioners before this court are Research Scholars connected with projects entrusted to different institutions. They are before the court for security of employment and improvement of conditions of service.

(2.) In Writ Petition 999 of 1988, along with Writ Petition No. 1043 of 1989 we gave our judgment on 22/03/1990. We then indicated:

(3.) Pursuant to our observations the Ministry of Health appears to have taken some action and particulars relating thereto have been placed before us. On that occasion we indicated that those who have put in 15 years of research work should immediately be regularised and a core cadre could be built up. The Health Ministry has no objection to a core cadre. of researchers being created. The Indian council of Medical Research (ICMR. ' for short) is actually the organisation setup for the research purposes and as we gather the Union of India in the relevant Ministry meets its expenditure on research by funding. The court does not have the adequate technical know how but we are of the view that if appropriate coordination is made and the Health Ministry, ICMR and the Institutes where research is carried on tie up their operations more useful work can be done and simultaneously the researchers would have better terms of employment. All the Institutes where research is carried on may not be at the national capital. What is necessary is the emergence of a small monitoring unit which would finalise the various research projects well in advance and receive offers of projects from organisations like World Health Organisation or other bodies.