ORDER

Delay condoned.

Leave granted.

We have heard learned counsel on both sides.

2. These appeals by special leave arise from the judgment of the Division Bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court made on December 6, 1995 in CWP Nos. 637 and 692 of 1995.

3. The admitted position is that the appellant had applied the provisions of Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (for short, the Act ) to the respondent Institution by notification dated March 6, 1982. Calling the notification in question, the respondents had filed writ petition in this Court. This court by judgment dated January 29, 1988 had held that the Act would apply to the educational institutions and, therefore, they are required to comply with the notification issued under the Act. This Court had directed thus:

"Shri S.K. Bagga, learned counsel appears for the petitioners. We do not find any substance in the contention of the petitioners in these cases that the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ) has no application to the educational institutions, who are petitioners in these cases. We, therefore, dismiss all these cases.

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