LAWS(MAD)-2011-6-656

ASSISTANT PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER, EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION AND ORS Vs. EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AND ORS

Decided On June 21, 2011
Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Employees Provident Fund Organisation And Ors Appellant
V/S
Employees Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal And Ors Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard both sides in respect of first batch on 15.06.2011 and on 17.06.2011 in respect of the second batch. The issues involved in all the writ petitions arose out of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (for short PF Act).

(2.) In majority of the writ petitions, surprisingly, the Petitioner is the Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Coimbatore. He has come forward to file the writ petitions aggrieved by the various orders passed by the Employees Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal constituted under Section 7D of the PF Act.

(3.) The writ petitions came to be filed under the following circumstances; against various orders passed by the authorities under the PF Act, including by the very same Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC for short), Coimbatore, some of the aggrieved employers preferred appeals before the Tribunal under Section 7I of the PF Act.