GOVARDHAN, J.

This appeal is against the order passed by the E.S.I. Judge, Tirunelveli dated June 29, 1994 in E.S.I. O.P. No. 7 of 1989 filed under Section75 of the Employees' State Insurance Act (hereinafter called as the Act).

2. The appellant's case is briefly as follows : The petitioner is a partnership firm carrying on business in getting manufacturing and selling the beedies under the trade name "Mangalore Ganesh Beedi Works". The petitioner has a branch at Tachanallur. The said premises is not used either for manufacturing or purchasing beedies. It is not a shop or a factory. Power is not used there. Number of workers in that premises is less than 20. The premises is used only for the purpose of storing, collecting and distributing beedies for the purpose of packing under its trade mark. The petitioner has obtained a licence for the premises under the Beedi and Cigar Workers Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966. Beedi Workers' Welfare Cess Act and Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act. The respondent had issued a notice to the petitioner stating that the provisions of the E.S.I. Act have been extended to the establishment of the petitioner. In spite of his sending a suita