116 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR Single Bench : Hon'bte Shri S.R. Nayak, CJ Petitioners £^- i&s^<^^la Writ Petition No. 406 OF 2005 1 B.B. Pandey, S/o Shri S.S. Pandey, aged about 42 years, Occupation - business, R/o 12/7, Priyadarshini Parisar, Supela, Bhilai, District Durg (C.G.) 2. Pushakar Gokulka, S/o Shri Motilal Gokuika, a'ged about 43 years, Occupation - bteiness, R/o. In front of Bharat Mata Scfioot, Tatibandh, Raipur (C.G.) 3. Amarjeet Singh Bhamrah, S/o, Sardar Santa Singh Bhamrah, Aged about 55 years, Occupation - business, R/o Bhamrah House, 3/75, Raja Talab, Noorani Chowk, Raipur (CG) 4. Mohd. Shaflul Haq, S/o. Mohd. Fazalul Haq, Aged about 34 years, Occupation - business, Prop. Of IWs. Anupam Enterprises, R/o. 111-B, Ruabandha Sector, Bhilai, District Durg (CG) 5. Shyam Sundar Heliwal, S/o Late S.N. Hetiwal, Aged about 50 years, Occupation - business, Prop. of Engineers & Builders, R/o Vivekanand Colony, Shanti Nagar, Bhilai, Distdct Durg (CG) 6. Sunil Kumar Jadwani, S/o Shri Ganeshmal K. Jadwani, Aged about 36 years, Occupation - business, R/o Nalghar Ward, American Chureh, Raipur (CG) 7. Vijay Kumar Sharma, S/o Shri Mithilesh Kumar Sharma, Aged about 38 years, Occupation - business, Prop. of Bharti Construction, R/o. 342/HIG, Borsi Coiony, Durg (CG) Versus Respondents 1. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Civil Division, Raipur (C.G.) 2. Chief Engirieer, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Civil Chhattisgarh Zone, Raipur (CG) 3. General Manager Telecom, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., District Raipur (CG) - 2. fis^a-tss^. 4. Executive Engineer (C), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Civil Division, Sheetal Complex, G.E. Road, Telibandha, Raipur (C.G.) 5. Sub-Divl. Engineer (C), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Civit Division, Telecom Staff Quarter Comptex, Sector - 5, Bhilai, District Durg (CG) 6. Union of IndiS, Through the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Sub Regionai Office, Nav Bharat Press Building, •Rajbandha Maidan, G.E. Road, Raipur (CG) Present: Smt. Fouzia Mirz^^.learned counsel for the petitionere. Shri R.M. Solapurkar, leamed counsel for the respondents No. 1 to 5. ORAL ORDER (Passed on 23rd of December 2005) Learned counsel appearing for both the sides would submit that the issue that arises for decision-making in this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court dated 10-11-2005 passed in W.P. No. 2785 of 2005. tn view of the above joint submission made by the leamed counsel for the parties, 1 allow this writ petition and quash Clause II of NIT making compulsory registration under the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 even if the contractor is not having 20 or more persons in his establishment. There shall be no order as to costs. ——- —..--__ Sd/- Chief Justice I;&^