1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR First Appeal No. 821/2007 (W.C.L. VERSUS Walmik Bapurao Burchunde & others) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders of directions and Registrar's orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shri S.C. Mehadia, counsel for the appellant. CORAM : SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 6 , 2010 . Heard. The first appeal is ADMITTED on the following substantial question of law. I) Whether the Commissioner could have held that the Western Coalfields Limited was a Principal Employer though nothing was brought on record by the claimants to prove that the contractor had employed more than twenty persons and the provisions of Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 were attracted to the facts of the case ? Call for Record & Proceedings. C.A.NO.7403/2007. Heard. None appears on behalf of the respondents, though served. 2 Hence, since the amount has been deposited before the Commissioner, Workmen's Compensation, the respondent nos.1 and 2 are restrained from withdrawing the amount deposited by the appellant before the Commissioner. The civil application is allowed in the aforesaid terms and disposed of. JUDGE APTE