V. Kameswar Rao, J.

1. The challenge in this writ petition is to the order passed by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (‘Commissioner’, in short) under Section 7-A of the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Act, 1952 (‘Act’, in short) which was communicated to the petitioner-College vide covering letter dated May 27, 1995, whereby the Commissioner was of the view that the petitioner-College having not been set up under any enactment, does not satisfy the criteria for exclusion laid down under Section 16(1)(c) of the Act, and therefore, the Act is applicable to the petitioner-College.

2. The short question which arises in this writ petition is whether the petitioner-College being an affiliated College of Delhi University would be excluded in terms of Section 16(1)(c) of the Act.

3. Some of the relevant facts are that the Delhi University was established under Delhi University Act, 1922, a Central Act (‘DU Act’, in short). The petitioner, an affiliated College of the Delhi University was started under the name of “Pramila College” in the year 1960. Thename of the petitioner-College was changed from “Pramila College” to Daulat Ram College. It is the case of t