The Supreme Court of India recently ruled that the Indian Agricultural and Co-operative Service (IACS) is a "State" under Article 12 of the Constitution of India. This means that the IACS is financially, functionally and administratively under the control of the Government of India. The Court determined that this control must be pervasive in order for a body to be considered a State. This ruling is important as it has implications for the rights and privileges of those employed by the IACS.
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The question in each case would be — whether in the light of the cumulative facts as established, the body is financially, functionally and administratively dominated by or under the control of the Government. Such control must be particular to the body in question and must be pervasive. If this is found then the body is a State within Article 12. ...
IACS answers to the description of “the State” within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India, for it being financially, functionally and administratively under the control of the Government of India.
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