:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1491 OF 2008 Shree Adinath Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. ..Petitioner Vs. Assistant Provident Fund Comissioner. ..Respondent Mr. S.S. Shah for petitioner. Mr. Suresh Kumar for respondent CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE, J. CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE, J. CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE, J. Date : March 10, 2008. Date : March 10, 2008. Date : March 10, 2008. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: 1. Heard Mr. Shah the learned counsel for the petitioner - company. Mr. Suresh Kumar appears for the respondent. 2. As per the order passed under Section 7-A of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (for short the P.F. Act), the petitioner - company has been called upon to pay an amount of Rs.28,35,485/- towards the P.F. :2: contribution dues in respect of its employees. In addition, an amount of Rs.57,69,007/- has also been sought to be recovered towards the P.F. contribution dues from the petitioner - company in respect of the contract labours employed by it. The order so far as it relates to the contract labour has been challenged by filing an appeal under Section 7-I of the P.F. Act along with an application for interim relief. However, the same could not be heard for some reasons or the other and in the meanwhile the respondent has passed an order on 14/2/2008 whereby the godown of the petitioner has been seized for the recovery of the said amount. 3. Mr. Shah stated that the petitioner-company will deposit an amount of Rs.28,35,485/- within two weeks with the respondent and from the amount of Rs.57,69,007/- the petitioner-company will deposit 50% within two weeks. 4. Hence the petition is disposed off by directing the petitioner-company to deposit an amount of Rs.28,35,485/- and Rs.28,84,503/- with the :3: respondent-authority within a period of two weeks from today and on that condition the respondent is directed not to take any coercive steps against the petitioner-company till its pending appeal is heard and decided. It is also made clear that the appeal will have to be decided on its own merits and without, in any way, being influenced by the deposit made by the petitioner-company. The orders dated 9/1/2008 and 14/2/2008 stand suspended, on deposit of the aforesaid amounts, till the disposal of the pending appeal. (B.H. Marlapalle,J.) (B.H. Marlapalle,J.) (B.H. Marlapalle,J.)