A. S. SUPEHIA
Employee State Insurance Corporation – Appellant
Versus
H. K Acharya and Company – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. The present appeal emanates from the judgment and award dated 30.08.2019 passed by the Employee State Insurance Court, Ahmedabad in E.S.I. Application No.31 of 2009, filed under section 82 of the Employee State Insurance Corporation Act, 1948 (in short “the ESI Act”), by which the court below has partly allowed the application holding that the action of the Employee State Insurance Corporation of issuing C-11 notice to the opponent-Firm under the ESI Act, thereby covering it under the provisions of the ESI Act w.e.f. 01.01.2007 is illegal and unreasonable and also held that the ad hoc assessment notice dated 06.04.2009 issued by the appellate- Corporation under section 45 of the ESI Act against the Firm is illegal and unreasonable.
FACTS :
2. The opponent-Firm filed ESI Application No.31 of 2009 along with interim application before the Employee State Insurance Court, Ahmedabad under section 75 of the ESI Act challenging the order dated 19.04.2007. The appellant-Corporation filed a written statement at Exh.8 and Exh.9, producing a Visit Note dated 03.04.2007, of the Inspector mentioning the details of the salary sheet and attendance sheet of 34 employees working in the f
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