Central Board Of Trustees, Epf,Through Assistant Provident Fund Comissioner v. Abhinav Education Society

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1474 OF 2025 Employees Provident Fund Organization Regional Office Pune ....Petitioner V/S Pune District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd.

....Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO.1475 OF 2025 Employees Provident Fund Organization Regional Office Pune ....Petitioner V/S M/s. Abhinav Education Society ....Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO.1605 OF 2025 Employees Provident Fund Organization Regional Office Pune ....Petitioner V/S M/s. Abhinav Education Society ....Respondent _________ Mr. M.P Rao, Senior Advocate with Mr. Ravi Rattesar and Mr. Laukik Palekar for the Petitioner.

__________ CORAM: SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.

DATE : 06 FEBRUARY 2025.

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Heard the learned Senior Advocate appearing for the Petitioner-EPFO.

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One of the points raised in the Petitions is that the learned Presiding Officer of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-II has been passing ex-parte orders reducing or waiving the amount of compulsory deposit under section 7-O of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 without grant of an opportunity of hearing to the Petitioner-EPFO and more importantly without recording any reasons for doing so.

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Issue notice to the Respondents for final disposal of the Petitions, returnable on 5 March 2025. In addition to Court notice, private notice is permitted to the Petitioner to serve on the Respondents.

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