M/S Ugra Precision Engineers Private Limited v. Employees Provident Fund
Case brief
What is this about?
EPFO / Employees Provident Fund Organisation, Regional Office Mysuru; damages claim for period 02/16 to 09/18; impugned order Annexure-A dated 19.05.23, File No. KN/PF/RO/MYS/810/RECY/22388/94/22-23; writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution; dismissal on the ground that the impugned order was already pending before the competent authority (counsel also noted absence of quorum before the competent forum); protective direction to competent authority to decide on merits within one year uninfluenced by the dismissal; I.A. No. 3/2024 disposed; Karnataka HC, decided 06-01-2025; Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde; neutral citation NC: 2025:KHC:94.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief to the petitioner on the merits; the petition is dismissed. Consequential directions: the competent authority is to decide the petition on its merit within one year, without being influenced by the dismissal of the present petition; I.A.No.3/2024 is disposed of as a consequence.