IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8452 of 1993 Date of decision:04.12.2009 Maharana Partap College for women, Mandi Dabwali, District Sirsa ....Petitioner versus The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner and others. ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. D.S.Nalwa, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Dinesh Bhardwaj, Advocate, for Mr. Ashok Aggarwal, Senior Advocate, for Provident Fund Commissioner. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. There is no representation for the petitioner. Counsel for the respondents are present. 2. The only point that falls for consideration in this case is whether the educational institutions comes within the purview of the provisions of the Employees Provident Fund and miscellaneous provisions Act. The writ petition is at the instance of Maharana Partap College for women which contends that the provisions of the Act are not attracted to the institution. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of Civil Writ Petition No.8452 of 1993 - 2 - respondent Mr. Dinesh Bhardwaj, Advocate brings my attention to a decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Regional Provident Fund Commissioner Versus S.D.College, Hoshiarpur-1997(1) SCC 241, holding that the Act is applicable to educational institutions. The decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court is squarely governs the issue on the point raised in the writ petition. The writ petition is dismissed. No costs. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 04.12.2009 sanjeev