THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO. 2971 OF 2007 Between: The Gram Panchayat, Podili, rep. By its Secretary, S.Seetharamaiah … Petitioner And : The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, SRO, Guntur And others. … Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO. 2971 OF 2007 ORAL ORDER : The petitioner is a Gram Panchayat. Under the provisions of the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952 an assessment u/Sec.7A has been passed on 10.01.2007 declaring the petitioner's liability for Provident Fund dues at Rs.3,22,304.60 ps. Thereafter on 08.02.2007 an order of attachment of Rs.1,10,000/- on the Gram Panchayat funds in deposit with the State Bank of India, Podili was passed by the Provident Fund authorities. The Bank has communicated a letter dated 8.2.2007 informing the petitioner of the same. The petitioner is thus before this court assailing the assessment order dated 10.01.2007 passed under Sec.7A of the Act. As against such an order the petitioner has an appellate remedy u/Sec.7 I of the Act. At the hearing of the writ petition today, the learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner desires to pursue the appellate remedy. In the light of the above submission, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with a liberty to the petitioner to pursue the appellate remedy. No order as to costs. Dated: 08.03.2007 ----------------------- ---- Tsnr/Pvsn Justice G.Raghuram