BHAGWATI PRASAD, J. - (1.) THE present writ petition has been filed by the Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. after Board of Directors of the Corporation has resolved to impugned the First Information Report registered against a few of its functionaries.
(2.) IT has been averred in the petition that the present Chairman, Shri Rajeev Arora and the Managing Director, Shri Raj Hans Upadhyay were appointed vide order dated 5.1.2001. Shri Rajeev Arora since his student days had been actively associated with youth wing of the Congress Party. According to the petition, he is still widely acclaimed in the Congress set up at both levels i.e. State Politics and the Central Politics. It is alleged that Shri Arora was selected as one of the political targets to tarnish the image of present Congress Government in the State of Rajasthan. This assumption was drawn by the petitioner in the background that opposition wanted to take the advantage of such a propaganda in a byeelection which was to be held at the relevant time for Tonk Parlimentary Constitutency. According to the allegations in the petition, a well calculated political design was pursued by one of the members of the Legislative Assembly belonging to Bhartiya Janata Party, Shri Rajendra Singh Rathore who happens to be former Health Minister of the State. He attempted to tarnish the image of Shri Arora by writing to the Governor of the State. These instances quoted in the petition appear to have no ostensible link with the present controversy. However, these have been mentioned in the petition to show that action against the petitioner has political overtones.
(3.) A Luxury train is being run by the petitioner and the Indian Railways since 1982. The train has been fabricated by the Railways for the petitioner by equally sharing the costs. The train in its present form is operational since 1995. The petitioner has been performing the following duties: - House keeping including catering on board as well as on ground. - Maintenance of interiors, furnishings, decor etc. - Designing, Printing and distribution of tickets - Collection of revenue and maintenance of relevant records. - Nodal agency for publicity, marketing and sales promotion. ;