Disposed
Sinhgad Public School Yhrough Principal Nirmal Kumar Mishra v. Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner Penal Damages Cir IV
Bombay HCWP/5992/2024
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Writ petitions challenging orders under Section 14-B of the EPF Act. The court held that pre-deposit is not mandatory under Section 14-B unlike Section 7-A. Petitioners were directed to file statutory appeals under Section 7-I, and the EPF Authority was restrained from proceeding for recovery during the pendency of such appeals.
What did the court decide?
Protection from recovery proceedings granted; petitioners directed to file statutory appeals under Section 7-I of the EPF Act within three weeks.