ORDER :

1. The present case is taken up through video conferencing.

2. The present writ petition has been preferred for quashing the warrant of arrest dated 28.10.2020 (Annexure-8 to the writ petition) issued by the Recovery Officer, Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), Dhanbad (the respondent no. 4) against the petitioner in terms with power conferred under Section 8B(1)(b) of the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (in short “the Act 1952”).

3. By way of an Interlocutory Application being I.A. No. 2082 of 2021, the petitioner sought addition of prayer in the writ petition to the extent of quashing the warrant of arrest dated 19.03.2021 (Annexure-11 to the said interlocutory application) issued by the respondent no. 4 during the pendency of the writ petition.

4. The facts of the case as stated in the writ petition is that the respondent no. 7 (Bharitya Vidya Mandir School) got itself registered with the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) in the year 2017 by submitting a declaration form under Employees Enrolment Campaign, 2017 and information to this effect was given to the respondent no. 7 on 13.07.2017. The respondent no. 3 initiated