K. Nageswara Rao v. The Singareni Collieries Company Limited,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.V.SESHA SAI WRIT PETITION No. 4252 of 2012 ORDER:

This writ petition is filed for the following relief: "... to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, order or direction, declaring that the action of the respondents in insisting/deducting amounts towards payment of Employees Coal Mines Provident Fund from out of the amounts payable to the petitioner by way of Contractor's contribution as arbitrary, illegal and contrary to the provisions of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Act 1948, and direct the respondents not to deduct any amounts towards Employees Coal Mines Provident Fund from out of the amounts payable to the petitioner." When the matter is taken up, it is brought to the notice of this Court that an identical issue fell for consideration of this Court in W.P.No.29346 of 2013 and this Court vide order, dated 09.10.2013, dismissed the said writ petition. A copy of the said order is placed on record.

A perusal of the said order shows that this Court dealt with an identical issue and answered against the petitioner therein. The said order is squarely applicable to the present case.

Following the above order and for the reasons recorded therein, this writ petition is also dismissed. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall also stand dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ A.V.SESHA SAI, J Date: 11.07.2017 ES