THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No.1832 OF 2025

ORDER:

The present writ petition is filed challenging the Order dated

22.08.2024 passed by Respondent No.2 – Central Government Industrial Tribunal – cum - Labour Court at Hyderabad in E.P.F.

Appeal No.30 of 2022.

2. Heard Mr. M.P.Kashyap, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Sri Janardhan Reddy, learned counsel for Respondent No.1.

Perused the record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that M/s Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University was brought under the Employees’ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 w.e.f. 01.10.1988, as it employed more than 19 workers. The University failed to comply with PF, Pension, and Insurance contributions, leading to a Section 7A inquiry initiated in January 2019, with multiple opportunities for hearing and representation. The 7A Authority concluded the inquiry and determined dues for the period 10/1988 to 02/2019 by Order dated 18.06.2021. The University appealed to the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT), which, in its order dated 22.08.2024, set aside the 7A order and remanded the matter back to the EPF Authority for fresh determination of dues. T