{"id":269960,"date":"2011-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-abdul-azeez-vs-the-regional-provident-fund-on-18-january-2011-2"},"modified":"2017-10-22T04:51:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T23:21:23","slug":"m-abdul-azeez-vs-the-regional-provident-fund-on-18-january-2011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-abdul-azeez-vs-the-regional-provident-fund-on-18-january-2011-2","title":{"rendered":"M.Abdul Azeez vs The Regional Provident Fund … on 18 January, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
M.Abdul Azeez vs The Regional Provident Fund … on 18 January, 2011<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 20815 of 2010(B)\n\n\n1. M.ABDUL AZEEZ, PROPRIETOR,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE REGIONAL PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.E.K.NANDAKUMAR\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.V.V.SURESH,SC,EPF.ORGANISATION\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.N.RAVINDRAN\n\n Dated :18\/01\/2011\n\n O R D E R\n                         P.N. RAVINDRAN, J.\n                      -------------------------------\n                     W.P.(C) No.20815 of 2010\n                      -------------------------------\n           Dated this the 18th day of January, 2011\n\n                            J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
             The petitioner is the proprietor of a cashew factory, an<\/p>\n
establishment covered under the provisions of the Employees<\/p>\n
Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act<\/a>, 1952 (hereinafter<\/p>\n
referred to as ‘the Act’ for short). The respondent herein conducted<\/p>\n
an enquiry under section 7A<\/a> of the Act for the purpose of determining<\/p>\n
the contribution due from the petitioner for the period from August,<\/p>\n
2000 to May, 2008. The petitioner did not produce the entire records.<\/p>\n
By Ext.P1 order passed on 26.9.2008, the first respondent estimated<\/p>\n
the contribution payable by the petitioner as Rs.1,03,77,094\/-. The<\/p>\n
petitioner thereupon filed Ext.P2 review petition under section 7B<\/a> of<\/p>\n
the Act. The then Regional Provident Fund Commissioner considered<\/p>\n
Ext.P2 application for review and issued Ext.P3 notice to the petitioner<\/p>\n
calling upon him to be present for a hearing on 14.11.2008 to consider<\/p>\n
the admissibility of the review petition. The petitioner appeared before<\/p>\n
the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner who heard him and called<\/p>\n
for a report from the Enforcement Officer. The Enforcement Officer in<\/p>\n
turn submitted Ext.P4 report dated 24.2.2009. Thereafter, the then<\/p>\n
Regional Provident Fund Commissioner issued Ext.P5 notice informing<\/p>\n
the petitioner that he has decided to review the order passed under<\/p>\n
W.P.(C) No.20815 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                    2<\/span><\/p>\n
section 7A<\/a> of the Act. The petitioner was called upon to produce all<\/p>\n
the   relevant   documents     before  the   Enforcement     Officer  for<\/p>\n
verification. It appears that the officer who issued Exts.P3 and P5<\/p>\n
notices   retired   from  service   without    completing   the   review<\/p>\n
undertaken by him.      His successor in office thereafter issued Ext.P6<\/p>\n
notice dated 6.1.2010 informing the petitioner that a hearing for<\/p>\n
deciding the admissibility of the review petition filed under section 7B<\/a><\/p>\n
of the Act will be held on 12.1.2010. The petitioner attended the<\/p>\n
hearing. The respondent thereafter passed Ext.P7 order rejecting the<\/p>\n
application for review. Ext.P7 order is under challenge in this writ<\/p>\n
petition.\n<\/p>\n
             2. The main contention raised by the petitioner is that<\/p>\n
the respondent has not taken into account the fact that a hearing on<\/p>\n
the admissibility of the review petition was once held, a report from<\/p>\n
the Enforcement Officer was called for and the Regional Provident<\/p>\n
Fund Commissioner then in office had decided to review the order<\/p>\n
passed under section 7A<\/a> of the Act. The learned counsel submitted<\/p>\n
that   in   such    circumstances,    the  Regional    Provident    Fund<\/p>\n
Commissioner who passed Ext.P7 order ought to have considered the<\/p>\n
report submitted by the Enforcement Officer and decided the<\/p>\n
W.P.(C) No.20815 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                   3<\/span><\/p>\n
application on the merits, instead of rejecting it at the threshhold.<\/p>\n
             3.    The learned standing counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n
Employees Provident Fund Organisation has filed a statement dated<\/p>\n
10.11.2010 opposing the writ petition. It is stated that the petitioner<\/p>\n
was afforded adequate opportunity before the order under section 7A<\/a><\/p>\n
was passed, that the respondent, on an examination of the matter,<\/p>\n
was satisfied that the petitioner has not made out a case warranting<\/p>\n
the exercise of the power of review under section 7B<\/a> of the Act and<\/p>\n
therefore the application was rejected.\n<\/p>\n
             4. I have considered the submissions made at the Bar by<\/p>\n
the learned counsel on both sides.         A reading of Ext.P7 order<\/p>\n
indicates that the respondent did not take note of Exts.P3 and P5<\/p>\n
notices and Ext.P4 report submitted by the Enforcement Officer when<\/p>\n
he passed the impugned order.           The Regional Provident Fund<\/p>\n
Commissioner who was in office in October 2008 had heard the<\/p>\n
petitioner on 14.11.2008 on the admissibility of the review petition.<\/p>\n
Thereafter, a report was admittedly called for and Ext.P4 report was<\/p>\n
submitted by the Enforcement Officer.         Thereafter, the Regional<\/p>\n
Provident Fund Commissioner heard the review petition on the merits<\/p>\n
on 12.1.2010. The respondent has no case that the petitioner did not<\/p>\n
W.P.(C) No.20815 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                    4<\/span><\/p>\n
appear before the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner for hearing<\/p>\n
on the admissibility on 14.11.2008 or for the hearing on the merits on<\/p>\n
12.1.2010. The respondent has not denied the petitioner’s statement<\/p>\n
that after the hearing on the admissibility, a report was called for and<\/p>\n
it was submitted by the Enforcement Officer.        There is however no<\/p>\n
reference to these facts in Ext.P7 order.          The respondent has<\/p>\n
admittedly not considered the contents of Ext.P4 report.      He did not<\/p>\n
also hear the petitioner with reference to the said report.         I am<\/p>\n
therefore satisfied that the rejection of the petitioner’s application for<\/p>\n
review without considering the merits of the petitioner’s contentions<\/p>\n
with reference to Ext.P4 report cannot be sustained. The respondent<\/p>\n
should have, in my opinion, considered Ext.P4 report and proceeded<\/p>\n
to pass orders having due regard to the contentions raised by the<\/p>\n
petitioner in Ext.P2 petition and the findings and observations made<\/p>\n
by the Enforcement Officer in Ext.P4.\n<\/p>\n
             In the result, I allow the writ petition, quash Ext.P7 and<\/p>\n
direct the respondents to pass revised orders on the merits on the<\/p>\n
petitioner’s application under section 7B<\/a> of the Employees Provident<\/p>\n
Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act<\/a>, 1952 having due regard to<\/p>\n
Ext.P4 report, after affording the petitioner an opportunity of being<\/p>\n
W.P.(C) No.20815 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                   5<\/span><\/p>\n
heard. The respondent shall pass revised orders in the matter within<\/p>\n
two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this<\/p>\n
judgment.     Until   revised orders are passed by the respondent,<\/p>\n
coercive steps to recover the amount determined in Ext.P1 order shall<\/p>\n
stand stayed,     in the event of the petitioner depositing with the<\/p>\n
respondent the sum of Rs.10 lakhs within a period of one month from<\/p>\n
today.\n<\/p>\n
\n
                                            P.N. RAVINDRAN,
\n                                                 JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
nj.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court M.Abdul Azeez vs The Regional Provident Fund … on 18 January, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 20815 of 2010(B) 1. M.ABDUL AZEEZ, PROPRIETOR, … Petitioner Vs 1. THE REGIONAL PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER … Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.E.K.NANDAKUMAR For Respondent :SRI.V.V.SURESH,SC,EPF.ORGANISATION The Hon’ble MR. Justice P.N.RAVINDRAN Dated :18\/01\/2011 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nM.Abdul Azeez vs The Regional Provident Fund ... on 18 January, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-abdul-azeez-vs-the-regional-provident-fund-on-18-january-2011-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"M.Abdul Azeez vs The Regional Provident Fund ... on 18 January, 2011 - 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