IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION No. 11118 of 2005 Between: M/s. A.P. Central Power Distribution Company Limited, Nandyal, Kurnool District, rep. by its Divisional Electrical Engineer, Sri M.P. Peeraiah S/o. Mattaiah, age 44 years, R/o. Nandyal , Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Asst. P.F. Commissioner O/o. Employees Provident Fund Organisation, Cuddapah -516 004. 2 Recovery Officer, E.P.F. Organisation, Sub-Regional Office, Cuddapah. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an order direction or writ Particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring that the issue of impugned proceedings No. AP/CP/43286/ENE/KNL/CDP/SRO/2005/2009, dt. 23-3-2005 passed by the 1st respondent and the consequential order No. AP/CP/43286/ENE/Kurnool/SO/CDP/2005/06/55 dt. 7-4-2005 issued by the 2nd respondent as illegal arbitrary and repugnant to the statutory provisions of the Act and pass such orders and further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.N.Venkatrama Reddy Counsel for the Respondents : Ms. B.Kavitha Yadav The Court at the admission stage made the following : ORAL ORDER: As against the order impugned in this writ petition, namely, the order of the first respondent dated 23-03-2005 and consequential order of the second respondent dated 07-04-2005, the petitioner has an alternative remedy of appeal to the Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal under Section 7-I of Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. In the aforesaid circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed preserving liberty to the petitioner to pursue the appellate remedy. 10-05-2005 bsc ASST. REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Asst. P.F. Commissioner O/o. Employees Provident Fund Organisation, Cuddapah -516 004. 2 Recovery Officer, E.P.F. Organisation, Sub-Regional Office, Cuddapah. 3 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}