Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2201 of 1997 =========================================================== Sri Jain Swetamber Bhandar Tirth Rajgir, P.O. Rajgir, Nalanda. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The Union of India & Ors .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. R.K.P.SINGH, Adv. For the EPF : Mr. Ram Shankar Pradhan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jainandra Kumar, Adv. =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 10-02-2015 Shivaji Pandey,J Heard counsel for the petitioner and the respondents. In this case, petitioner is challenging the letter dated 18th October 1996(Annexure-8) by which the respondent no.3 Enforcement Officer, EPF has sent notice for the purpose of holding enquiry with regard to number of number of employees, i.e. permanent, temporary, contactor employees, casual employees, part time employees etc. against item no.5 of the report for the month of October 1996, with their names, designation, salary/wages paid for September 1996 for the purpose of arriving to a finding of applicability of Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (for short, ‘EPF Act’).