IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 3532 of 2010 Between: Meridian Educational Society Rep.by its Secretary B.S Neelakanta S/o.B.Somasekhara ,aged 47yrs, 8-2-541 Road No 7,Banjara Hills Hyderabad ..... Petitioner AND 1 The Regional Provident Fund, Commissioner Hyderabad(A.P) 2 Senior Manager , Bank Of Baroda ,Panjagutta Branch Hyderabad .....Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the orders of the 1st respondent in NO AP/HYD/32878/PD/72/2009 as illegal,arbitrary,violative of principles of natural justice and unconstitutional and consequently set aside the same in the interest of justice The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support there of and upon hearing the arguments of M/S .NAGA NIYATHA, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Sri R.N. Reddy, for the respondent No.1 the Court made the following ORDER: “This Court has come across number of instances, where the authorities of the Provident Fund Organization are indiscriminately levying interests and damages, on the allegations of delayed payment, almost a decade after the payments were made. Without stopping at that, straightaway distriant orders are also passed. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Hyderabad, is directed to explain, by Tuesday, as to the basis for such drastic steps. There shall be interim suspension, as prayed for, to be in force for six (6) weeks. Post on 23-02-2010 in Motion List.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Regional Provident Fund, Commissioner Hyderabad(A.P) 2. Senior Manager , Bank Of Baroda ,Panjagutta Branch Hyderabad(1 & 2 BYRPAD) 3. One spare copy 4. One CC to M/s Naga Niyatha, ADVOCATE (OPUC_ khb HIGH COURT LNR,J DATED:17-02-2010 POST ON 23-02-2010 IN MOTION LIST. ORDER: WP.NO.3532/2010 INTERIM SUSPENSION KHB DRAFTED ON:18-2-2010 HIGH COURT LNR,J DATED:17-02-2010 POST ON 23-02-2010 IN MOTION LIST. ORDER: WP.NO.3532/2010 INTERIM SUSPENSION