^ HIGH COURT OP JUDICATURE CHHAniSGARH : BiLASPUR SINGLE NCH: HON'BLE SHRI S.R. NAYAK, CJ. WRITPETmON N0.5713 W200fi PETITIONER Vs. Chhatti^arh ®ate Civil Supplies Cffl'poratton Llmited, Through its Managing Director, Bata Ashram Parisar, Katchery Chowk, Raipur (CG). RESPONDENTS 1. Union of India, Through Seeretary, Minishy of Labour, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Mark^, New Deffia. 2. Employees Providwit Fund Oqpiniratfon, Minlsby of Labour, Govemment of tndia, Through its Assistant Prowdent Fund Commissioner, R^|ional OfRce, Scheme hto.32, Indira Gandhi Commercial Complex, Pandri, Raipur (CG). 3. Assistant Provident Fund Commisstoner, Regional Office, Scheme No.32, Indira Gandhi Commercial Complex, Pandri. Raipur(CG). Present: Shri Prashant Mishra, leamedSr. Advocate wtth Shri V.R. Tiwari, leamed counsel forttie petitioner. Shri Bhishma Kinger, leamed counsel for raqsondent No.1 ORALORDER (Passed on ff" Novembw, 2006) The initiation of the proceedings by the Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, the third respondent herein, under SecUon 7-A of the Empleyees Provident Fund Miscellaneous Provistons fist, 1^2, @ior short 'the Act') and the demand notice dated 07.09.2006 direcUng ttw petittoner to deposlt a sum of Rupees One Thousand under Sectton 32 ef CPC as fine has been assailed in this writ petiUon. Quashing ofthe proceedlngs at this stage would not arise. Although it is the contenUon of the peUtiwisr that the Act has no application, that question is yel to be dedded by ths third respondent as envisaged under SecUon 7-A of the Act. tt is dated ^f -5- that the peBUoner has already submitted Us ^atement of ol^ectiwis to the show-cause notice and the third respondent hss not conddered tte objecUons raised by the peBtioner witti re<gard to agplicabiUty of the Act. SecUon 7-A envisages an enquiry. The third req>38^ent is isquirad to conduct an enquiry and aCT>r®ciatethe statement of objecBons flled by the petiBoner and pass appropriate order. In that wew of the inattw, whlte dismissing this writ peBtion 1 direct the third respondent to eiqsadite the concluston of tbe enquiry and passappropriate order as expedittously as possible, in any event, within a period of three monttis lirom tte data <rf receipt of a copy of this order. Sd/- ChiefJustice /