Messes with 20 or More Employees, Covered Under EPF Act Regardless of Profit Motive

JDT Islam Orphanage Committee Vs Employees PF Appellate Tribunal & Ors (Delhi High Court) In the case of JDT Islam Orphanage Committee vs. Employees’ Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal & Ors. (Delhi High Court), the petitioner, a charitable institution providing lodging and various services to orphans and destitutes, challenged the applicability of the Employees’ Provident Fund Act (EPF Act) to its mess. The EPF Assistant Provident Commissioner had issued an order in 1995, declaring the institution’s mess as falling under the EPF Act due to its employment of more than 20 p...