THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 11015 OF 2011 Dated: 20.04.2011 Between: M/s. Balavidyalaya, Institute of Teacher Training ..... PETITIONER AND The Employees Provident Fund Organisation .....RESPONDENT The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 11015 OF 2011 ORDER : The petitioner is a Teacher Training Institute, which imparts training to the teachers for a period of one year on payment of stipend/honorarium. By order dated 06.10.2010 made under Section 7-A of the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (for short, ‘the Act’), the Assistant P.F. Commissioner held that the provisions of the said Act are applicable to the petitioner- institution and accordingly, determined that a sum of Rs.21,25,585/- was due and payable towards P.F. arrears for the period from December, 2006 to June, 2010. The petitioner preferred a review petition under Section 7-B of the Act on 01.02.2011 contending that the order dated 06.10.2010 was passed without taking into consideration the fact that the trainee teachers were not being paid any salary and the stipend/ honorarium being paid to them is not a wage. The said review petition was dismissed by the respondent by order dated 28.03.2011. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed contending inter alia that the review petition was dismissed without application of mind to any of the grounds raised by the petitioner. It is also contended that during the pendency of the review petition, by order dated 07.02.2011 the respondent had erroneously directed attachment of the Bank account of the petitioner-Institution. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri R.N.Reddy, the learned counsel appearing for the respondent. At the outset it is to be noticed that since the review petition preferred under Section 7-B of the Act has been rejected, now it is for the petitioner to challenge the determination made under Section 7-A of the Act by availing the remedy of appeal available under Section 7-I of the Act. Without exhausting such an alternative remedy available under the Act, the petitioner cannot straightaway invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Hence, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of permitting the petitioner to prefer an appeal under Section 7-I of the Act within eight (8) weeks from today. If any appeal is preferred within the time fixed above, the same shall be entertained and disposed of in accordance with law. Pending the appeal, the impugned order made under Section 7-A of the Act shall remain stayed, subject to the condition that the petitioner deposits 50% of the amount determined under the impugned proceedings within eight (8) weeks from today. Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ___________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 20.04.2011 Note:- Issue CC in three days (B/O) Ivd