D.N. Patel, J.

1. By the Court.--Counsel for the petitioner seeks leave to delete respondent No. 1 to. 'Union of India'.

2. Leave to delete respondent No. 1 is granted.

3. Necessary amendment shall be carried out during course of the day.

4. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the impugned order has been-passed by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Sub Regional Office, Jamshedpur dated 21st February, 2005 under Section 7-A of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (in short the Act" for the sake of brevity).

5. Counsel for the petitioner further submitted that though this order is an appealable order under Section 7-1 of the Act, he is not pressing this writ petition with a view to avail efficacious alternative remedy available to the petitioner by way of statutory appeal. Nonetheless, the stay granted by this Court vide order dated 12th May, 2005 may be continued till the stay application will be preferred by the petitioner alongwith memo of appeal decided by the concerned appellate authority working under the Act, 1952.

6. It is further submitted by the counsel for the petitioner that the statutory appeal will be preferred by the petitio