JUDGMENT

Harinder Singh Sidhu, J. - This Contempt petition has been filed for initiating contempt proceedings against the respondents alleging wilful disobedience of order dated 20.03.2020 passed in CWP No.6988-2020.

2. The petitioner Dhoot Developers Pvt. Ltd. is a Company. Respondent No.1 is Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Bathinda.

3. The Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (authorised officer under Section 7-A of the Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952) (for short 'the 1952 Act') had passed an order, whereby, the petitioner had been directed to deposit an amount of Rs.64,74,734/- on receipt of the said order. The petitioner preferred a statutory appeal under Section 7(1) of the 1952 Act before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court (CGIT), New Delhi. Vide order dated 01.12.2017, his appeal/complaint was forwarded by the CGIT, New Delhi to CGIT-I, Chandigarh as the matter fell under the jurisdiction of the said Division.

4. It was the case of the petitioner that when the appeal was originally filed there was a delay of only 57 days in filing the appeal. The office of the CGIT, Chandigarh raised certain objections and returne