JUDGMENT

(Delivered by P.T.Asha,J.)

This intra court appeal is filed challenging the order of the learned single Judge dismissing W.P.No.16838 of 2010 and a batch of Writ petitions.

2. It is necessary to briefly allude to the facts which has culminated in the filing of the above Writ Appeal. The Appellant had filed the above referred Writ petition seeking to quash the order, dated 10.07.2009 in ATA 740 (13) 2003 and the consequential recovery Order of the 2nd Respondent, dated 07.04.2010 in PRO.No.

TN/CBE/RO/RECOVERY/47/2010.

3. The case of the Appellant was that in the year 1995, the Mill has closed down and their Workmen had moved out of the services of the Appellant. Nearly, 8 years later, the 2nd Respondent issued a notice, dated 05.03.2003 to the petitioner claiming damages under Section 14 B of the Employees Provident Fund Act, hereinafter called the Act in respect of the belated payments of the contributions for the period December 1982 to February 1993 to the tune of a sum of Rs.26,56,188/-. No reasons were given for the demand. There was also no determination as contemplated under Section 7 A of the Act. On 30.06.2003, the petitioner had sent a reply giving the reasons for the