ORDER :

1. The petitioner is before this Court seeking for the following reliefs:

i. Issue a Writ of Certiorari quashing the order dated 29.10.2020 passed by the 2nd respondent bearing No. RO/BG/BNG (Malleshwaram)/Comp/2D/3485/2 020-21/80 (produced as Annexure-J) and;

ii. Pass such other and further orders as deemed fit in the facts and circumstances of the case in the interest of justice and equity.

2. The petitioner is a company which is engaged in the publication of newspapers. 3rd respondent, who is a Photographer, had approached the petitioner offering his services only on a contract basis to do some work on photography which was accepted by the petitioner, and in order to formalise the arrangement, a contract was entered into between the petitioner and the 3rd respondent.

3. 3rd respondent submitted a representation to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India stating that he was a contract employee of the petitioner but was not enrolled under the Provident fund and as such sought for the Prime Minister’s intervention in release of the provident fund amount.

4. It appears that in purs