Sir Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy Educational Socy, W.G. Dist v. Secy, Ministry of Labour & Emp, New Delhi & 3 Ot
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: ESI damages notice; Section 85(B); Regulation 31-C; ESI (General) Regulation 1950; Employees State Insurance Corporation Sub-Regional Office Vijayawada; Recovery Officer; writ of mandamus; Article 226; principles of natural justice; settlement between parties; payment of balance amount; dismissed as infructuous; no order as to costs. Disposition: writ petition dismissed as infructuous after petitioners paid the balance ESI damages demand pursuant to a settlement; the challenge to the eight damages notices dated 28-04-2014 and 19-05-2014 was left unadjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioners have paid the balance amount to the Employees State Insurance Corporation pursuant to the impugned notices in terms of the settlement arrived at between the parties, no further cause survives in the writ petition for adjudication.