BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

DATED : 04.11.2025

CORAM :

THE HON`BLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI

and WMP.(MD)No.602 of 2021

The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner,

Office of the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner,

P.B.No.588, Sree Complex, ‘D’ Block,

No.18, Madurai Road, Tiruchirappalli.

... Petitioner

Vs.

1.The Presiding Officer,

Employees’ Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal,

Scope Minor, Core II, 4th Floor,

Laxmi Nagar District Centre,

Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi.

2.M/s.Cethar Ltd.,

No.4, Dindigul Road, Uram,

Rayar Garden, Trichy-625 001,

Rep. through its Joint Vice President.

3.Mr.Venkataramanarao Nagarajan, Liquidator for M/s Cethar Limited,

New No.29, Kavarai Street, West Mambalam,

Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 033.

... Respondents

(R3 is impleaded order dated 01.09.2025 in WMP.(MD)No.14648 Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records relating to the order of the first respondent in ATA.No.496 (13) 2014 dated 13.08.2014 and quash the same as unconstitutional and illegal.

For Petitioner : Mr.N.Dilipkumar For R2 & R3 : Mr.D.Srinivasa Ragavan, Legal Aid Counsel.

ORDER

The provident fund authority ha