LPA No.960/2011

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

LPA No. 960 OF 2011

VISHNU SECURITY SERVICES

. . . APPELLANT

Through :

Mr. A.K. Singh, Advocate

VERSUS

REGIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

COMMISSIONER AND ANR.

… RESPONDENTS

Through:

Mr. Keshav Mohan, Advocates.

CORAM :-

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. SIKRI

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW

A.K. SIKRI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE:

1.

By one paragraph order, the learned Single Judge on 30^th September,

2011, dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellant herein observing that

this Court has no territorial jurisdiction to entertain the writ petition in view of

five-Judges Bench judgment dated 1^st August, 2011 rendered by this Court in

WP(C) No. 6570/2010 entitled Sterling Agro Industries Ltd. v. Union of

India. The learned Single Judge has opined that merely because Employees

Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the Appellate

Tribunal) is located in Delhi, it had decided the appeal and that was the

subject matter of challenge in the writ petition, would not be a ground to

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