IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 19326 of 2008 Between: M/s. Ganga Yamuna Seeds, Ankapur, Armoor Mandal, Nizamabad District, Rep. By its Managing Partner, Sri G. Ramesh Reddy, S/o. Narsaiah, Aged 32 years, R/o. Ankapur, Nizamabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Employees Provident Fund Organization, Rep. by its Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Sub Regional office, Nyalkal Road, Nizamabad - 503 001. 2 Employees Provident Fund Organization, Rep. by its Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (Enforcmen Sub Regional office, Nyalkal Road, Nizamabad - 503 001. 3 Employees Provident Fund Organization, Rep. by its Recovery officer, Sub Regional office, Nyalkal Road, Nizamabad - 503 001. .....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 call for the records from the respondents and issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring that the Order passed by the 1st respondent in proceedings No. AP/SRO/NZB/Enf./34054/7A2007-08/966, dated 28-11-2007 and the Order Passed by the 2nd respondent in proceedings No. AP/SRO/NZB/ENF/34054/2008/1253, dated 26-2-2008, rejecting Review Application as illegal, unjust, contrary to law, arbitrary, in violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and grant all consequential benefits. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.K.JAYAPRAKASH RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.R.N.REDDY (SC FOR EMPLOY'S PF ORG.) The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus to declare the order passed by the 1st respondent vide proceedings No.AP/SRO/NZB/Enf/34054/7A 2007- 08/966, dated 28.11.2007 and the order passed by the 2nd respondent vide proceedings No.AP/SRO/NZB/ENF/34054/2008/1253, dated 26.2.2008 as arbitrary and illegal. The 1st respondent-Regional Provident Fund Commissioner has passed an order dated 28.11.2007 under Section 7-A read with 7 (Q) of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 for payment of certain amounts by the petitioner. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner ﬁled a review on 10.1.2008 and the same was rejected. Hence, the present writ petition is filed. There is no necessity to go into all the details. It is an admitted fact that the impugned order was passed without hearing the petitioner since he remained ex parte. According to the petitioner, the notice was sent to the original company i.e., Meera Seeds, which was purchased by it and re-named as Ganga Yamuna Seeds. Under those circumstances, I am of the opinion that the impugned order suﬀers from gross violation of principles of natural justice. Therefore, the same is liable to be set aside. Accordingly, the impugned order is set aside. However, this will not preclude the respondents from issuing fresh notice and passing appropriate orders, after hearing the petitioner herein. Writ petition is allowed accordingly. No costs. __________ 09-09-2008 rkk