IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Interim Relief Application No.2630 of 2010 In Writ Petition No. 544 of 2010 (M/S) The Bazpur Cooperative Sugar Factory Limited Post Office Bazpur- Udham Singh Nagar, through its General Manager. ……Petitioner. Versus 1. Employees Provident Fund Organization Head Office, Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan, 14, Bhikaji Kama Place, New Delhi, through its Chief Commissioner. 2. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (Ist) Uttarakhand,Vyom Prasth (Kanwali) G.M.S. Dehradun. 3. Sub-Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Provident Fund Organization, Nainital Road, Haldwani, Nainital. …….Respondents. Mr. T.A.Khan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rajendra Tamta, Advocate holding brief of Mr. Ashok Agarwal, Advocate for the respondents. Dated: -17-04-2010 Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the order dated 01-04-2010 passed by the respondent No. 3 i.e. Sub-Regional Provident Fund Commissioner annexed as annexure No.1 to the writ petition. The impugned order has been passed under Section 7-A (1) of the Employees Provident Fund and Misc. Provisions Act, 1952, (hereinafter referred to an ‘Act’). 2 The petitioner has a statutory alternate remedy of appeal under Section 7-I of the Act and may also move an interim relief application as per the provisions of Section 7-O of the Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that before the appellate Tribunal, no appeal by the employer shall be entertained by a Tribunal unless he has deposited with it 75% of the amount due from him as determined by an officer referred in sub- section 7-A of the Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that he is ready to deposit 50% amount. Proviso of Section 7-O of the Act provides that if the Tribunal may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, waive or reduce the amount to be deposited under this Section. The appellant may apply for reducing the amount as been provided under the said Section before the Tribunal concerned. I am not inclined to entertain the writ petition, since the petitioner has a statutory alternate remedy of appeal. With the above facts and circumstance of the case, the writ petition is dismissed. All pending applications stand disposed of accordingly. (B.S.Verma, J.) 17-04-2010 MK