PF Commissioner obliged to enquiry U/s. 7A(3A) of EPF Act before deciding applicability dispute and determining PF dues

1. Superb question of law involved in this batch of writ petitions is whether the Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner is justified in holding that “Commission Vendors” engaged by the petitioner/its predecessors-in interest for selling its food products can be considered to be its employees for the purpose of Section 2 (f) of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (for short ‘the EPF Act’). 2. Invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner herein has filed these writ petitions ques...