not monthly. The honorarium to be paid to the Chairman was Rs. 15,000/per month and Rs. 3,500/- for each meeting to the non-Government officials, like the applicant. The honorarium to be paid to the non-official members of the Committee was to be decided by the Commissioner. Clearly, in the facts, the applicant cannot be said to have been holding an office or be said to be in the employment of the Government. There was no permanency attached to the applicant's job, as the appointment was only for a period of 3 years. In cases, where there was a conflict of interest, one Mr. Jain was appointed on the Committee in place of the applicant, while considering certain proposals. Considering the nature of the applicant's work, the applicant did not ipso facto become a 'public servant'. Although, there may be in a sense, public duty attached to the job assigned to the applicant who was appointed as a non-official-member of the Technical Committee, but merely because he was performing a public duty does not make him ipso facto a public servant. Unlike a private person appointed as a member of a Regional Board or Planning Authority or Divisional Authority, as discussed hereinabove, who, under the Statute becomes a public servant', the applicant' appointed under a notification, which does not flow from a Statute, cannot be held to be a `public servant'.
