Locus Standi – Appointment of persons as Chairpersons – Tax payer has a right to approach

Consequence of a wrong choice of the person at the helm of the affairs of a statutory corporation falls on the tax payer . Every tax payer has, therefore, really an interest , in the matter of such appointment. It may be true that tax payer cannot directly interfere in the appointment of persons to head Public Sector Undertakings. But the tax payer has the right to approach the High Court. [ Parameswaran vs State of Kerala. 2002 (2) KLT 863. B.N.Sreekrishna (CJ) & K.Thankappan (J)]