1The Ernakulam District Cooperative Bank Limited (hereinafter referred to as 'the Bank') is an Apex Cooperative Bank constituted and registered under the Kerala Cooperative Societies Act, 1969. The provisions of the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act , 1952 are applicable to the Bank (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'). As per the provisions of the Act the Bank is required to deposit the employer's and employees' share of Employees Provident Fund and Family Pension Fund contribution and the Employer's share of Insurance Fund contributions, together with the Administrative/Charges/Inspection charges within 15 days of the close of the respective month.

2 It is alleged in the petition that the petitioner had been regularly paying the contributions without any default. But, the petitioner could not effect prompt payments during the months of August and October in the year 1989 and January to April, July, September to November, 1990 due to unavoidable reasons. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, who is the first respondent in this case has issued Ext. P1 notice to the petitioner for belated shall not be levied on the petitioner for belated remittances a