JUDGMENT :

Heard Sri Harish Kumar Rasineni, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri N. Ranga Reddy, learned counsel for the respondent Nos.2 and 3 and learned Government Pleader for Municipal Administration for the 1st respondent and perused the material on record.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner MEPMA Section and Computer Society (in short the society) is providing a skilled manpower to organizations and institutions on contract basis. Pursuant to the tender notice dated 05.07.2017 for supply of manpower from the 2nd respondent, the petitioner entered into agreement for supply of manpower on outsourcing basis for the period from 01.08.2017 to 31.03.2018 and supplied 51 outsourcing staff to the 2nd respondent. This contract was extended for two years up to 31.08.2020 on the same terms. The 2nd respondent paid the net amount of salaries to those staff after deducting the statutory contributions like EPF, ESI etc.

3. The petitioner received a notice dated 25.09.2020 from the 5th respondent/Employees State Insurance Corporation (in short ESI Corporation) for payment of the contribution towards the employees insurance under the Employees State Insuranc