WP/21853/2017 of D SATTIBABU & 10 OTHERS, Vs UNION OF INDIA, REP. BY SECY., LABOUR NEW DELHI, & 4 OTHERS,

1 APHC010167642017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396] (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 21853/2017 Between: D Sattibabu & 10 Others, and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND Union Of India Rep By Secy Labour New Delhi 4 Others ...RESPONDENT(S) and Others Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. V RAGHU Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. T S VENKATARAMANA 2. DEPUTY SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA 3. P RAMABHOOPAL REDDY 4. RAVINDRA YANAMANDRA The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India with the following prayer: 2 “…..to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 4th and 5th respondent in not extending the statutory benefits under the provisions of Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act (Act No.19 of 1952) is illegal, arbitrary, contrary to the principals of natural justice and in violation of Article 14, 16 and 21 of Constitution of India and consequently seeking a direction to respon