High Court Karnataka High Court

M/S Tulsi Chitra Mandira … vs Employees Provident Fund … on 18 November, 2008

Karnataka High Court
M/S Tulsi Chitra Mandira … vs Employees Provident Fund … on 18 November, 2008
Author: A.S.Bopanna
IN THE HIGH COURT QF KARNATAKA AT BANGAL£)F?:ET.

DATED THIS THE 1361 my OF NOVEMBER    " 

3EFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. Jusrzcrgfi  B{)PANN£;: =  J 

WRIT PETFTION No.1+'-537/2%)é?¢5"€:L " ' " %%

BETWEEN:

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PROPREETOR SR! SUBBARAO cfiawm' "
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PR0-tzInE~m*.;=fuxm'coMM:ss1oNER
A    RESPONDENT

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V, A' * 4_ THIS VLF. FILED UNDER Ai'1'?iCLES 226 AND 227 OF THE
 '-C£?§~IS'i'I'1'i}'I'IOI~I OF' INDEA PRAYING TO QUASH THE ORDER
.  DA'TE;'iJ 13.'? .2005 PASSED BY THE APFELLATE TRXBUNAL VIBE

 A!'11"(--E; QUASH THE ORDER PASSED 8'!' 'THE RESPONDENT

  = m'rE.t> 25.10.2000 VIBE mxus.

This Writ Petition oomfmg on for hearing, this day, the

Court made the following :

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ORDER

The petitioner is calling in

25/30.10.2000 passed by the V’auir;m:§:iqr ”

Employees Provident Fund
Act, 1952 (hereinafter Ieiegjedgct’ and
the order dated 13.7.2065 Tribunal
under the said ” V ”

2. In towards employees

pIOVidcfit as oontemplatul under
Section ‘?’Ai§.upf the herein appeared before

the certain ciocuments. The

” V. “v’n’:,._tl1e Offieer hm sought fiat further

to the establishment to line! out with

ta ‘jzquazutum of the contribution to be paid.

‘Though the petitioner disputed the applicability “of

itself, the position with mgard in the applicability has

been aeoepmd by the petitioner in View of the fact that

oermin mncmnts i.e., Rs.1,08,833/~ has been paid by the

petitioner. In this Iegant cm the available records, the
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authority has quemtified the total

after deducting fie said amount $55′ ‘the: ‘gin

further mount of R3.1,84,4+41/~ :’:ms%._A#pa¥éh3e”*Vby’%

establishment V _

3. Against the
the pctitioncr herein had m No.16(6)/O1
hcfam am Empsgegs Tribunal.

The ‘I’11’buna3-I has noticed’ that

insofar _tl_1~eWAct, the same does not
arise at “a=tage_ ‘ the quantum, it has only
noizicegi -the figder Section 7A and disposed the
a perusal of the order passed by the

which is Empuwed at Ann:-xurc-E to the

‘ sficiuki ‘mdic:atr: that the aaxd’ order insofar as nouvcm” ‘ g

“:L:£i£2c:éij;§p}icabiBt}r of the Act is no more in dispute. But, with

to the quanuficm” non’ of the amount in an enqu11y’

4 under Secfion 7A of the: Act, the Tribunal has not conaidcsmd

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the same in detail to come to the conclusion as__t6″\él:cf_h é:g H

the older datm 25/30-10-2000 is jnst:ified crV.A4_j3s.r;t.’~A./,::i11 ‘«

normal circumstance, it would in T

aside the said order t9 that exlsnt V

the Tribtmal. However, before’ so, a. the
order dated 25/30-Iemizigeo mg the
quantification the enquiry
under though the
cstaiziishmczfi dbcuments before the
authoiiiffif, the ‘- gifit oonsidczr the smc to he

aompiete. éfifhofity has further obscured that

thouigilg the are not available, there is no other

Gfifififi fs:>bvA1″At1ts:VA:Véx:1_t11o1’ity except to pmecaad with the matter to

. thé ‘ V ‘
S. as the profit and lo$s account and the

valimt mfied on by the authority, the icarncd oounsci

A l ‘fs3r petitioner contends that the same was not the

ficzipmpfiam document and the copies of ccrtain dcouments

are yroduoed in this petition along with a memo. The said

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documents have bum produced to dispute 9

made by the authority in the

of the Act. In a fact of this natuxfez, ififiéif ‘V L»

has indicatnd that the order is .”ti1t.¢A ‘éa;\raV§}abIe
documents since all thcrf it
wouki not be pmper to which have
been ftkuzi as ho
whether the (Z;.”£’.: I10’t. All that could be

noticed %hfii”‘7.§iC authozity has passed

the o1d4$r._oi1 ivhich were avaiiable bcibm .

it and the that the cntizne material has

.h_<_{:_fqre it desgaitse providing suficicnt

cp'potftur1:;ft3r,'«..i 'l'h¢11:ib1'c, to the said exinnt, the petitioner

provided an opportunity to produce the

V are not mfimd on before the authority and

H 'A mgthiiiityr should. be directed m rwonsidcr the mattcr by

a fits}: enquiry. To that extent, the order datzad

'T if ' :25)3o-1o–2ooo weuld have to be quashed.

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6. However, the said opportunity to be

petitioner would have to be granted after .

this mgaxd, it is diwcted that the: p¢gjfionc:s’ ” ~ ‘V

costs of Rs.5,000/– by dcposiafig egzaej?

authority who shall receive tI1c’§sc:1_:g1e fut: *

of its activiuzes. The order dat£:&«.’.i25{_30L the
order dated 133.2005 The case in
No. Km/PF; 13:; CJ_RCLEj1_I._I D{)– 3.54:97.1Zfi’i§{i9’V”AnncxuIe B is

irestaored to bf . “A.$si s’tf§in’t——wV: Provident Fund

commissiona, (me afresh aim
providing oppahxnxqz; and dispose of
the in I

_ obsavations, dimdziom and

disposed 012

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