IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA

WRIT PETITION No.15797 of 2020

28.11.2025

Between:

M/s. New Scholars Degree College

…Petitioner

AND

The Employees State Insurance Corporation & two others

…Respondents

ORDER:

The petitioner challenges the proceedings of the respondents dated

04.06.2020, 27.08.2020, and 02.09.2020 relating to assessment and recovery under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (for short “ the ESI Act”), and seeks refund of the amount of Rs.2,17,200/- deposited at the

time of filing an appeal under Section 45-AA of the ESI Act.

2. Heard Sri V. Narasimha Goud, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Pasham Srinivasulu, learned Standing Counsel for ESIC, for the

respondents.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner’s college was established in the year 1993. He submits that the respondents have implicated the petitioner’s college in order to bring it under the purview of the ESI Act by submitting a false report, wherein the ESI Inspector is

alleged to have reported on 26.12.2018 that the petitioner’s college had engaged about 30 employees. He submits that the petitioner’s college never empl