Ramachandra D v. M/S Hardcore Securitys Services
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 23634 of 2024 (L-PF); NC: 2025:KHC:18566; decided 02-06-2025 by Anant Ramanath Hegde, J. Article 226 writ petition by two employees seeking a direction to the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner-II (R4) to initiate prosecution proceedings against the employer security agency (R1) and Fed Bank (R2) regarding EPF contributions. First respondent deposited Rs.2,88,826/- towards EPF contribution payable to the petitioners; petitioners jointly submitted nothing further survived; petition dismissed as infructuous. Keywords: EPF contribution, prosecution direction, infructuous dismissal, Article 226, provident fund.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition was dismissed as having become infructuous: the first respondent had deposited Rs.2,88,826/- towards the EPF contribution payable to the petitioners, and both petitioners jointly submitted that nothing further survived for consideration in the petition; the submission was placed on record.