EPFO Authorities Can Maintain Writ Petitions Against Tribunal Orders Under Article 226: Madras HC

Central Board of Trustees Vs Poppys Knitwear Pvt. Ltd. (Madras High Court) In Madras High Court, the Central Board of Trustees, Employees Provident Fund, represented by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner-II, filed an intra-court appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent challenging an order of the writ court which had held that the Board of Trustees had no authority to maintain a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The dispute arose after the competent authority under the Employees Provident Fund Act passed an order under Section 14B of the Act on 31.05.2016....