IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 24.09.2025 AMI PRABHU MEMORIAL CHARITABLE .....Petitioner VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION AND ORS .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present : Mr. Amit Jhanji, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Shashank Shekhar Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner.t KULDEEP TIWARI . J.(Oral)

1. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, under Employees Provident Fund Organisation, in exercising its powers under Section 7A of the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act of 1952'), passed by invoking of provisions of Section 17-B thereof, held liable the petitioner to pay a total sum of Rs.1,62,55,816/-, through the impugned Awards dated 26.06.2024 (Annexure P-12) and 27.09.2024 (Annexure P-

13).

2. The petitioner filed a review which was dismissed, and thereafter, on account of Awards (supra), the orders which are annexed as Annexure P-8 to P-10 and P-14, were issued, primarily, for seeking compliance thereof.

3. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner, at the very outset, submits that in view of Section 7-I of the Act of 1952, which prescribes t