1. Challenging the order of the 1st respondent dated 012. 2004, levying damages and interest, the petitioner has filed the present writ petition.

2. The petitioner, India Cements Limited, a company registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1913 is one of the leading manufacturers of cement in the country for several decades and is inter alia engaged in the manufacture and sale of cement. It has got various factories in the state of Tamil Nadu as well as in the state of Andhra Pradesh. One of its factories is located in Sankari West, Salem District. The petitioner has several employees on its role and also engage contract workers, who are permitted for incidental jobs of temporary nature and strictly enforce compliance of all the statutory requirements under various legislations.

2a. The petitioner industry has been allotted a Permanent Code Number and it contributes a huge amount of money by way of Employees Provident Fund and is prompt in payment of its contribution to the organization. The petitioner factory is situated at Sankari, Salem District. The petitioner is covered under the provisions of the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, hereinaft