General Mills India Private Limited and Ors. v. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Thane and Ors.
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General Mills India Pvt Ltd v. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner II (Bom HC, Milind N. Jadhav J., 22.09.2025, WP 17354/2024): Section 7A EPF & MP Act, 1952 summons dated 16.09.2024 (period Sept 2008-Dec 2019) quashed and set aside; surrender of Section 17 exemption read with paragraphs 27 and 79 of EPF Scheme, 1952; transfer of corpus under paragraph 28 of the Scheme by demand draft of Rs. 3,36,33,76,273/- provisionally accepted; third-party audit report (17.03.2025) certifying employee lists; EPFO/RPFC directed to disburse/apportion provident fund to about 2500 employees within three months and 85 pending payout transfers within two weeks; alleged data mismatch/National Data Centre reference to be handled via statutory 7A procedure (Enforcement Officer, hearing, order); dereliction and dilatory tactics by Respondents deprecated; employee awaiting second bone-marrow transplant died unpaid; law of limitation applies equally to Government litigants; Article 226 liberty to aggrieved employees; right to further 7A inquiry kept open; connected IA 15253/2024 in WP 3346/2009 and IA 15271/2024 in CP 138/2023 disposed.