M.Subramani v. the Deputy Director
Case brief
What is this about?
ESI Act 1948 applicability - establishment with less than ten employees; ex parte ESI contribution order dated 28.03.2016 (period April 2007 to September 2010) quashed together with the respondent's refusal order dated 23.05.2016; reliance on earlier Judgment dated 21.03.2023 in C.M.A.(MD) No.446 of 2016; earlier ESI Court dismissal in ESIOP No.99 of 2007 (08.12.2015) already set aside; writ petition under Article 226 allowed, no costs; respondent free to initiate fresh ESI proceedings; Madras High Court, Madurai Bench; certiorarified mandamus; ESIC Madurai.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the respondent's order dated 23.05.2016 (Proc. No.57-00-047732-000-0901/Ins.I/SRO/MDU) and of the ex parte order dated 28.03.2016 (Proc. No.57-00-047732-000-0599/INS.I/SRO/MDU/120/11); writ petition allowed without costs; connected miscellaneous petition (W.M.P.(MD) No.9165 of 2016) closed; respondent expressly left free to initiate fresh proceedings.