IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT RAWAL MONDAY, THE 28^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2022 / 9TH PHALGUNA, 1943 WP(C) NO. 25266 OF 2014 PETITIONER/S:

EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION KOTTAYAM - 686 001; REP. BY THE ASST. P.F.COMMISSIONER, MATHEW PALACKAL ABRAHAM.

BY ADV SRI.JOY THATTIL ITTOOP RESPONDENT/S:

1 M/S. THENGAKKAL ESTATE PVT.LTD.

VANDIPERIYAR, IDUKKI - 686 001.

2 THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND APPELLATE TRIBUNAL SCOPE MINAR, 4TH FLOOR, CORE -II, LAXMI NAGAR DISTRICT CENTRE, NEW DELHI - 110 001.

BY ADV SRI.N.JAMES KOSHY THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON

28.02.2022, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGMENT

Ext.P6 order dated 10.6.2014 of the Employees Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal has been challenged in the present writ petition.

2. Petitioner is Employees Provident Fund Organization.

Since the first respondent,Thengakkal Estate Pvt. Ltd., an establishment covered under the provisions of the Employees Provident Fund Act, 1952, did not remit the contributions under three schemes as per the provisions of para 38 of the Employees Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 for the period June 1992 to August 1997 and Aug