ORDER :

Mummineni Sudheer Kumar, J.

Respondent No.1 initiated proceedings against the petitioner by issuing a notice under Section 7A of the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act 1952”) and accordingly, the petitioner participated in the proceedings and because of certain disputes that arose during the course of enquiry, the petitioner approached this Court on an early occasion by filing W.P.(MD) No. 13950 of 2022 and the proceedings under Section 7A of the Act 1952 remain stayed during the pendency of the said writ petition. The said writ petition was finally disposed of by order dated 26.04.2023 and thereafter, the proceedings under Section 7A of the Act 1952 again commenced. While so, the petitioner herein submitted an application seeking to implead some of the sub-contractors to whom the petitioner has entrusted a part of the work on sub-contract basis and who had executed the work on the ground that the Provident Fund contribution payable in respect of the said employees worked under the said sub-contractors is sought to be imposed on the petitioner and therefore, seeking to implead those sub-contractors to bring th