(1.) The order passed, under Section 45-A of the Employees' State Insurance Act , 1948 (hereinafter referred to as "the ESI Act"), by the 1st respondent in proceeding dated 08.05.2019, and the consequential demand notice dated 08.08.2019, are under challenge in the present writ petition.
(2.) Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner is a Matriculation Higher Secondary School and his contention is that pursuant to the order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, including the schools under the purview of the ESI Act, no opportunity was given to the petitioner enabling them to defend their case properly.
(3.) Learned counsel for the petitioner reiterated that after the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, no opportunity was provided to the writ petitioner enabling them to defend their case and hurriedly the impugned order came to be passed and a demand notice was also issued subsequently. Thus, the petitioner is constrained to move the present writ petition.