The Management of v. the Recovery Officer
Case brief
What is this about?
EPF recovery; Section 8F EPF & MP Act 1952; prohibitory order; Recovery Officer Ambattur; interest claim Rs.81,78,064 and Rs.1,74,06,263; instalment default; earlier orders W.P.Nos.6823 & 11688 of 2025; four monthly equal instalments for arrears; bank account operation; writ of certiorari; Article 226; Madras High Court; Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy; decided 10-02-2026; Veremax Management Services Private Limited.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions ordered (not quashed on merits): petitioner to pay the balance instalments due as per the earlier orders in W.P.Nos.6823 of 2025 and 11688 of 2025, and additionally to pay the calculated arrears of the defaulting instalments in four monthly equal instalments; on payment of the first arrears instalment along with the original instalment due, the prohibitory orders are not to be given effect and the petitioner may operate its bank accounts; on further failure, the authorities may pass fresh prohibitory orders and recover the entire amount. No costs; connected miscellaneous petitions closed.