Vaniyambadi Cooperative Marketing Society Ltd. v. The Deputy Director
Case brief
What is this about?
Maintainability of writ petition versus statutory appeal remedy: Section 82, Employees' State Insurance Act (appeal to High Court where substantial question of law involved) bars invocation of Article 226 writ jurisdiction; writ of certiorari sought against ESI Court order (E.S.I. O.P. No.1/2017 dated 09.04.2021, Employee State Insurance Court, Vellore / Principal Labour Court, Vellore); writ petition dismissed, no order as to costs, connected W.M.P. No.1041 of 2022 closed; Section 14 of Limitation Act benefit granted for pendency period; Registry to return certified copy of impugned order. Parties: Vaniyambadi Co-operative Marketing Society Ltd. (advocate S. Sairaman) v. Deputy Director and Recovery Officer, Employees State Insurance Corporation, Chennai (standing counsel Jayakumari). Single-judge bench: Justice P. Dhanabal; decision date 16.06.2025.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; writ petition dismissed with no order as to costs and the connected miscellaneous petition closed; petitioner entitled to Section 14 of the Limitation Act benefit for the pendency period; Registry directed to return the certified copy of the impugned order and other necessary papers.