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Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., v. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner II

Madras HC5 Jun 2026WP/7668/2023

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Madras HC 2026: EPF & MP Act, 1952 — Section 14-B damages / Section 7-Q interest order challenged by writ instead of EPF Appellate Tribunal; alternate remedy jurisdiction; petition dismissed/disposed with Tribunal to examine limitation; Article 226 certiorari; Godrej Consumer Products Ltd v RPFC-II Chennai; W.P.No.7668 of 2023; K. Surender, J.

What did the court decide?

No relief on merits; petitioner directed to the Employees' Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal, which shall consider limitation on the petitioner's application and proceed; no order as to costs; connected miscellaneous petition (W.M.P.No.7839 of 2023) closed. ¶30

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., Vs The Regional… — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2026)

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W.P.No.7668 of 2023

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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Dated: 05.06.2026

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Coram:

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.SURENDER

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W.P.No.7668 of 2023

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and W.M.P.No.7839 of 2023

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Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., E5, Industrial Estate, Maraimalai Nagar - 603 209, Rep. by its Authorised Signatory

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.. Petitioner

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Vs.

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The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner-II, Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, Regional Office, 3, Rajaji Salai, Chennai-600 045.

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.. Respondent

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Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the respondent in proceedings No.TB/RO/TAM/11081/PDC/526/2022 and quash its order dated 22.11.2022 passed under Section 14-B and Section 7-Q

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W.P.No.7668 of 2023

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of the Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 by the respondent.

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For petitioner : Mr.Thiyageshwaran.K. for M/s.T.S.Gopalan and Co. For respondents: Mr.Dwarakesh Prabhakaran

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ORDER

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The petitioner has filed the present Writ Petition praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the respondent in proceedings No.TB/RO/TAM/11081/PDC/526/2022 and quash its order dated 22.11.2022 passed under Section 14-B and Section 7-Q of the Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 by the respondent.

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It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner-Company that, as against the order passed under Section 14-B of the said Act, the proper appellate forum is the Employees' Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal. Without approaching the said Tribunal, the petitioner has straightaway filed the present Writ Petition.

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W.P.No.7668 of 2023

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Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that at the

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relevant point of time, there was no Presiding Officer in the said Tribunal and he seeks protection to file the present Writ Petition without going into the factum of limitation.

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The appellate Tribunal is functioning now. Hence, this Writ Petition

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is dismissed. Since the petitioner has to only approach the appellate Tribunal, however, on the application filed by the petitioner herein before the appellate Tribunal, the appellate Tribunal shall take up the issue of limitation also and thereafter proceed with the matter.

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