THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.No.27036 of 1996 Between Sarat Joseph Gummadi ..Petitioner AND M/s Godavari Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd., and others ..Respondents JUDGMENT 7.2.2007 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.No.27036 of 1996 ORDER: This writ petition has been instituted by an employee working with the Godavari Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited (for short, ‘the respondent company) maintaining that the respondent Company answers the description of a ‘State’ and thus amenable to the writ jurisdiction of this Court. In the detailed counter aﬃdavit ﬁled on behalf of the ﬁrst respondent herein, it has been asserted that a Division Bench of this Court in its judgment rendered on 15.9.2000 in Writ Appeal No.529 of 2000 has held that M/s Godavari Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited being a non-statutory body and being a registered Company, is not amenable to the deﬁnition of ‘State’ and consequently, the decisions taken by it are not subject to the judicial review of this Court. Unfortunately, the writ petitioner could not demonstrate as to how the respondent Company can be regarded as a ‘State’ for the purpose of maintaining the above writ petition. Only on this ground, the above writ petition is dismissed leaving it open to the writ petitioner to seek appropriate remedy for redressal of the grievances nurtured by him from an appropriate forum. No order as to costs. ________________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHAN RAO.J. 7.2.1.2007 psr