ANIL KUMAR CHHABRA v. THE PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER 1(PENSION)

REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE/ORIGINAL/INHERENT JURISDICTION Civil Appeal Nos………………. of 2022 (Arising out of the Special Leave Petition (C) Nos. 8658­8659 of 2019) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND  ORGANISATION & ANR. ETC.        ….APPELLANT(S) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B. & ORS. ETC.        ….RESPONDENT(S) WITH Civil Appeal Nos……………….. of 2022 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) Nos. 16721­16722 of 2019) Civil Appeal No……………….. of 2022 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 3289 of 2021) Civil Appeal No……………….. of 2022 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 3287 of 2021) Civil Appeal No……………….. of 2022 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 1701 of 2021) Civil Appeal No……………….. of 2022 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 8547 of 2021) Civil Appeal Nos……………….. of 2022 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) Nos.15063­15064 of 2022 @ Diary No.46219 of 2019) Civil Appeal No……………….. of 2022 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 1366 of 2021) Civil Appeal No……………….. of 2022 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 2465 of 2021) 1 | Page

Civil Appeal No……………….. of 2022 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 3290 of 2021) Civil Appeal No……………….. of 2022 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 1738 of 2021) Writ Petition (C) No.318 of 2022, Writ Petition (C) No.1218 of 2020, Writ Petition (C) No.1332 of 2020, Writ Petition (C) No.1312 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.875 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.832 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.601 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.500 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.512 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.466 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.86 of 2021, Writ Petition (C) No.1356 of 2021, Writ Petition (C) No.1379 of 2021, Writ Petition (C) No.767 of 2021, Writ Petition (C) No.477 of 2021, Writ Petition (C) No.414 of 2021, Writ Petition (C) No.1134 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.390 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.511 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.1459 of 2020, Writ Petition (C) No.349 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.372 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.360 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.233 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.141 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.250 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.406 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.368 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.393 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.395 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.371 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.374 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.385 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.367 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.369 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.411 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.466 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.269 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.327 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.352 of 2019, Writ Petition (C) No.69 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.804 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.594 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.884 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.778 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.874 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.1149 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.1167 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.1430 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.1433 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.1428 of 2018, Writ Petition (C) No.380 of 2018, Writ 2 | Page

Petition (C) No.498 of 2022, Contempt Petition (C) Nos.1917­ 1918 of 2018 in Civil Appeal Nos.10013­10014 of 2016 and Contempt Petition (C) Nos.619­620 of 2019 in Civil Appeal Nos.10013­10014 of 2016 J U D G M E N T ANIRUDDHA BOSE, J. Leave granted. 2. In this judgment, we shall deal with the legality of certain amendments and modifications made by the Central Government to the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 (“1995 Scheme”). Such scheme has been made in pursuance of, inter­alia, Section 6A of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (“the Act”). Such changes, inter­alia, are sought be effected in paragraphs 3, 6, 11, 12 and 14 of the 1995 scheme.  The Act originally did not provide for any pension scheme and Section 6A was introduced to the said Act by way of an amendment made in 1995. The amendment of 1995 contemplated formulation of a scheme for employees’ pension and the pension fund was to comprise of deposit of 8.33 per cent of the employers’ contribution made towards provident fund corpus as per the prevailing Statue. Paragraph 11 of the scheme dealt with determination of pensionable salary.  At that point of time, maximum pensionable salary was 3 | Page

Rs.5000/­ and this sum had been enhanced subsequently to Rs.6500/­. Pensionable salary was raised to Rs.15000/­ by a notification dated 22 nd  August 2014 [numbered G.S.R. 609 (E)], which was to be effective from 1 st  September 2014. This notification brought certain other modifications in the scheme mainly restricting its coverage and we shall discuss these modifications later in this judgment. 3. In the appeals before us, judgments of the High Courts of Kerala, Rajasthan and Delhi are assailed. In the case of  P. Sasikumar & Others vs. Union of India (UOI) Represented by the Secretary to Govt. of India Ministry of Labour & Department of Employment and Others  [in Writ Petition (C) No. 13120 of 2015], a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court in its judgment delivered on 12 th  October 2018 set aside the Employees’ Pension Amendment (Scheme), 2014 conceived in G.S.R. 609 (E). The Delhi High Court in its judgment delivered on 22 nd  May 2019 in the case of  Bhartiya Khadya Nigam Karamchari Sangh and Anr. vs. Union of India and Ors.  [in Writ Petition (C) No. 5678 of 2018] followed the view expressed by the Kerala High Court and quashed a circular issued by the provident fund authorities on 31 st  May 2017 precluding exempted establishments from the benefits of higher pension. In a decision delivered on 28 th  August 2019 in the case of  Union of India 4 | Page

and Others vs. Jale Singh and Others  [in D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 436 of 2019] a Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court also expressed the same opinion. Appeals arising out of SLP (C) No. 3289 of 2021, SLP (C) No. 3290 of 2021, SLP (C) No. 2465 of 2021 and SLP (C) No. 3287 of 2021 are directed against the aforesaid judgment of the Rajasthan High Court and a subsequent decision of a Bench of equal strength delivered on 24 th  September 2019 in the same line. The appeals originating from SLP (C) Nos. 15063­15064 of 2022 are against the judgment of the Delhi High Court delivered on 22 nd  May 2019, whereas in appeals having their roots in SLP (C) No. 1366 of 2021, SLP (C) No. 1738 of 2021, judgments of the Delhi High Court delivered following the case of  Bhartiya Khadya Nigam Karamchari Sangh  (supra) have been assailed. In another judgment delivered by the same Bench of the Kerala High Court in the case of  Sunil Kumar and Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors.  [in Writ Petition (C) No. 602 of 2015] on the same day, i.e. 12 th  October 2018, the aforesaid notification of 22 nd  August 2014 was invalidated. That judgment is under challenge in the appeals in connection with SLP (C) Nos. 16721­16722 of 2019. In a contempt action brought before the Kerala High Court by aspiring beneficiaries of the pension scheme for implementation of the directions issued in the judgment dated 12 th October 2018, certain directions have been issued by the Kerala High 5 | Page

Court. The judgment to that effect delivered on 6 th  November 2020 is impugned in SLP (C) No. 8547 of 2021.   4. Fifty­four writ petitions have been filed by the employees themselves or on their behalf under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking invalidation of the notification dated 22 nd  August 2014. The writ petitioners are members of both exempted and unexempted establishments. We shall address these writ petitions as well in this judgment, as they involve the same questions of law. We find that notices are yet to be issued in W.P. (C) No. 1356 of 2021, W.P. (C) No. 1379 of 2021, W.P. (C) No. 767 of 2021 and W.P. (C) No. 477 of 2021 but these petitions also involve the same questions of law and the main respondents  have participated in addressing us on these points. As such, these writ petitions shall also be dealt with in this judgment. We have also heard the intervenors, most of whom support the employees. In addition, there are contempt petitions (Contempt Petition (C) Nos. 1917­1918 of 2018 and Contempt Petition (C) No. 619­620 of 2019) in which implementation of a judgment of this Court in the case of  R.C. Gupta and Others vs. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Employees Provident Fund Organisation and Other  [(2018) 14 SCC 809] delivered on 4 th October 2016 has been asked for. This judgment dealt with the question of entitlement of members of the pension scheme, whose 6 | Page

pensionable salary exceeded Rs.6500/­ per month to exercise option in terms of proviso to paragraph 11 (3) of the scheme. In this judgment, a Division Bench of this Court repelled the contention of the provident fund authorities that the said proviso contemplated exercise of option within a specified time. The said proviso has been omitted by the amendment of 2014. Rs.6500/­ was the maximum pensionable salary prior to 1 st  September 2014.  We shall discuss this judgment in greater detail later.  5. With effect from 16 th  March 1996, the proviso was added to paragraph 11(3) of the scheme giving an option to the employer and employee for contribution on salary exceeding the aforesaid ceiling of Rs.6500/­, (which was Rs.5000/­ per month prior to 8 th  October 2001) to retain the right to pension as per the scheme.  8.33 per cent of employer’s contribution of salary of an employee out of the deductible amount towards provident fund had to be remitted to the pension fund. Stand of the authorities was that there were certain restrictions as regards the time for exercising such option.  A set of employees had approached the provident fund authorities much beyond such perceived specified date, mostly on the eve of their retirement, seeking to be included in the pension scheme. The point urged by them was that the amendment of 1996 was not within their knowledge, the same not having been widely publicised. The 7 | Page

provident fund authorities had rejected their plea.  One set of employees successfully brought action before a Single Judge of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. Their right to exercise such option beyond the time of their salary exceeding the pensionable limit was in question. According to the authorities, that was the cut­off limit. The Division Bench of the High Court, however, accepted the stand of the provident fund authorities holding that paragraph 11(3) of the pension scheme, as it prevailed then, stipulated a cut­off limit. The matter ultimately came to this Court and in the case of  R.C. Gupta (supra), a Division Bench of this Court accepted the employees’ stand and, inter­alia, held:­ “7.   Reading the proviso, we find that the reference to the date of commencement of the Scheme or the date on which the salary exceeds the ceiling limit are dates from which the option exercised are to be reckoned with for calculation of pensionable salary. The said dates are not cut­off dates to determine the eligibility of the employer­employee to indicate their option under the proviso to Clause 11(3) of the Pension Scheme. A somewhat similar view that has been taken by this Court in a matter coming from the Kerala High Court [Union of India   v.   A. Majeed Kunju, Writ Appeal No. 1135 of 2012, order dated 5­3­2013 (Ker)] , wherein Special Leave Petition (C) No. 7074 of 2014 filed by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner was rejected by this Court by order dated 31­3­2016 [Regl. Provident Fund Commr.   v.   A. Majeed Kunju, 2016 SCC OnLine SC 1744, wherein it was directed: “SLPs (C) Nos. 7074­76, 7107­108, 7224 of 2014 and 697 of 2016 Heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the relevant material. We do not find any legal and valid ground 8 | Page

for interference. The special leave petitions are dismissed SLPs (C) Nos. 19954 and 33032­33 of 2015 List these special leave petitions on 26­4­2016. As prayed for, liberty is granted to file additional documents.”]. A beneficial scheme, in our considered view, ought not to be allowed to be defeated by reference to a cut­off date, particularly, in a situation where (as in the present case) the employer had deposited 12% of the actual salary and not 12% of the ceiling limit of Rs 5000 or Rs 6500 per month, as the case may be. 8. xxx xxx xxx 9.   We do not see how exercise of option under Para 26 of the Provident Fund Scheme can be construed to estop the employees from exercising a similar option under Para 11(3). If both the employer and the employee opt for deposit against the actual salary and not the ceiling amount, exercise of option under Para 26 of the Provident Scheme is inevitable. Exercise of the option under Para 26(6) is a necessary precursor to the exercise of option under Clause 11(3). Exercise of such option, therefore, would not foreclose the exercise of a further option under Clause 11(3) of the Pension Scheme unless the circumstances warranting such foreclosure are clearly indicated. 10.   The above apart in a situation where the deposit of the employer's share at 12% has been on the actual salary and not the ceiling amount, we do not see how the Provident Fund Commissioner could have been aggrieved to file the LPA before the Division Bench of the High Court. All that the Provident Fund Commissioner is required to do in the case is an adjustment of accounts which in turn would have benefited some of the employees. At best what the Provident Commissioner could do and which we permit him to do under the present order is to seek a return of all such amounts that the employees concerned may have taken or withdrawn from their provident fund account before granting them the benefit of the proviso to Clause 11(3) of the Pension Scheme. Once such a return is made in whichever 9 | Page

cases such return is due, consequential benefits in terms of this order will be granted to the said employees.” 6. Further modification to the scheme, as we have already indicated, came on 22 nd  August 2014 to be effective from 1 st  September 2014. Paragraph 11 of the scheme, before such modification by G.S.R. No. 609 (E) of 22 nd  August 2014 was introduced, and subsequent to the said G.S.R. becoming operational, read:­ Before Modification After Modification 11.Determination of Pensionable Salary. ­ (1) The pensionable salary shall be the average monthly pay drawn in any manner including on piece rate basis during contributory period of service in the span of 12 months preceding the date of exit from the membership of the Employees’ Pension Fund. Provided that if a member was not in receipt of full pay during the period of twelve months preceding the day he ceased to be the member of the Pension Fund, the average of previous 12 months full pay drawn by him during the period for which contribution to the pension fund was recovered, shall be taken into account as pensionable salary for 11. Determination of Pensionable Salary. ­ (1) The pensionable salary shall be the average monthly pay drawn in any manner including on piece rate basis during contributory period of service in the span of sixty months preceding the date of exit from the membership of the Pension Fund and the pensionable salary shall be determined on pro­ rata ∙basis for the pensionable service up to the 1st day of September, 2014, subject to a maximum of six thousand and five hundred rupees per month, and for the period thereafter at the maximum of fifteen thousand rupees per month : Provided that if a member was not in receipt of full 10 | Page

calculating pension. (2) If during the said span of 12 months there are non­ contributory periods of service including cases where the member has drawn salary for a part of the month, the total wages during the 12 months span shall be divided by the actual number of days for which salary has been drawn and the amount so derived shall be multiplied by 30 to work out the average monthly pay. (3) The maximum pensionable salary shall be limited to Rupees Six thousand five hundred per month. Provided that if at the option of the employer and employee, contribution paid on salary exceeding Rupees six thousand and five hundred per month from the date of commencement of this Scheme or from the date salary exceeds Rupees Six thousand five hundred, whichever is later, and 8.33 per cent share of the employers thereof is remitted into the Pension Fund, pensionable salary pay during the period of sixty months preceding the day he ceased to be the member of the Pension Fund, the average of previous sixty months full pay drawn by him during the period for which contribution to the pension fund was recovered, shall be taken into account as pensionable salary for calculating pension. (2) If during the said span of 60 months there are non­ contributory periods of service including cases where the member has drawn salary for a part of the month, the total wages during the 60 months span shall be divided by the actual number of days for which salary has been drawn and the amount so derived shall be multiplied by 30 to work out the average monthly pay. (3) The maximum pensionable salary shall be limited to fifteen thousand rupees per month. (4) The existing members as on the 1st day of 11 | Page

shall be based on such higher salary. September, 2014, who at the option of the employer and employee, had been contributing on salary exceeding six thousand and five hundred rupees per month, may on a fresh option to be exercised jointly by the employer and employee continue to contribute on salary exceeding fifteen thousand rupees per month and the pensionable salary for the existing members who prefer such fresh option shall be based on the higher salary: Provided that the aforesaid members have to contribute at the rate of 1.16 per cent. on salary exceeding fifteen thousand rupees as an additional contribution from and out of the contributions payable by the employees for each month under the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder: Provided further that the fresh option shall be exercised by the member within a period of six months from the 1st day of September, 2014: Provided also that the period specified in the second proviso may, on sufficient cause being shown by the member, be extended by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner for a further 12 | Page

period not exceeding six months: Provided also if no option is exercised by the member within such period (including the extended period), it shall be deemed that the member has not opted for contribution over wage ceiling and the contributions to the Pension Fund made over the wage ceiling in respect of the member shall be diverted to the Provident Fund account of the member along with interest as 7. The legality of the modified scheme was questioned in different writ petitions in different High Courts. The Bench decisions of the High Courts of Kerala, Rajasthan and Delhi went in favour of the employees.  The appeals which we shall be dealing with in this judgment arise out of the decisions of the said High Courts.  We shall mainly be addressing the judgment of the Division Bench of the Kerala High Court delivered on 12 th  October 2018 [in Writ Petition (C) No. 13120 of 2015] which sustained the employees’ contentions and invalidated the notification of 22 nd  August 2014. The Division Benches of the Rajasthan and Delhi High Court followed the ratio of the decision in the case of  R. C. Gupta  (supra) broadly on the same reasoning forming foundation of the judgment of the Kerala High Court. The petitions for special leave to appeal filed by the Employees 13 | Page

Provident Fund Organization (“EPFO”) [SLP (Civil) Nos. 8658­59 of 2019] assailing the judgment of the Division Bench of the Kerala High Court was initially dismissed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court on 1 st  April 2019. In SLP (C) Nos. 16721­16722 of 2019, the Union of India also appealed against the same judgment. A Review Petition was filed by the EPFO in respect of the order dated 1 st  April 2019 dismissing their Special Leave Petition.  On 12 th  July 2019, this Court directed listing of the SLPs filed by the Union of India along with the Review Petitions in open Court. On 29 th  January 2021, this Court allowed the Review Petitions and the order of 1 st  April 2019 was recalled.  A point has been taken on behalf of the employees that the Employees Provident Fund Organisation has no locus standi to maintain these appeals. This objection is technical in nature and having regard to the fact that we are also hearing writ petitions challenging the legality of the 2014 amendments, we do not consider it necessary to dilate on this issue. Moreover, in the appeals arising out of SLP (C) Nos.16721­16722 of 2019, the Union of India is the appellant. Since the amendment made by the Central Government has been quashed, the locus of Union of India remains undisputed. 8. The pension scheme was conceived by way of introduction of Section 6A to the 1952 Act, under Act 25 of 1996, with effect from 16 th  November 1995.  The said Section stipulates: ­ 14 | Page

“6A. Employees’ Pension Scheme — (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, frame a scheme to be called the Employees’ Pension Scheme for the purpose of providing for—  (a) superannuation pension, retiring pension or permanent total disablement pension to the employees of any establishment or class of establishments to which this Act applies; and  (b) widow or widower’s pension, children pension or orphan pension payable to the beneficiaries of such employees.  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 6, there shall be established, as soon as may be after framing of the Pension Scheme, a Pension Fund into which there shall be paid, from time to time, in respect of every employee who is a member of the Pension Scheme,—  (a) such sums from the employer’s contribution under section 6, not exceeding eight and one­third per cent, of the basic wages, dearness allowance and retaining allowance, if any, of the concerned employees, as may be specified in the Pension Scheme;  (b) such sums as are payable by the employers of exempted establishments under sub­section (6) of section 17;  (c) the net assets of the Employees' Family Pension Fund as on the date of the establishment of the Pension Fund;  (d) such sums as the Central Government may, after due appropriation by Parliament by law in this behalf, specify.  (3) On the establishment of the Pension Fund, the Family Pension Scheme (hereinafter referred to as the ceased scheme) shall cease to operate and all assets of the ceased scheme shall vest in and shall stand transferred to, and all liabilities under the ceased scheme shall be enforceable against, the Pension Fund and the beneficiaries under the ceased scheme shall be entitled to draw the benefits, not less than the benefits they were entitled to under the ceased scheme, from the Pension Fund.  15 | Page

(4) The Pension Fund shall vest in and be administered by the Central Board in such manner as may be specified in the Pension Scheme.  (5) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Pension Scheme may provide for all or any of the matters specified in Schedule III.  (6) The Pension Scheme may provide that all or any of its provisions shall take effect either prospectively or retrospectively on such date as may be specified in that behalf in that Scheme.  (7) A Pension Scheme, framed under sub­section (1), shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the scheme or both Houses agree that the scheme should not be made, the scheme shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that Scheme.]” 9. Under the same Amendment Act, Sections 2(kA) and 2(kB) were introduced to the Act. These provisions specify: ­ “ 2.  Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—   [(kA) “Pension Fund” means the Employees’ Pension Fund established under sub­section (2) of section 6A;]  [(kB) “Pension Scheme” means the Employees’ Pension Scheme framed under sub­section (1) of section 6A;]” 10. The pension scheme was framed in terms of Section 6A of the Act and brought into operation by G.S.R. 748(E) dated 16 th  November 16 | Page

1995. The crucial paragraph, so far as these proceedings are concerned, is paragraph 11 thereof. We have already quoted this paragraph.  The quantum of pension is to be fixed as per the formula specified in paragraph 12 of the scheme, which contemplates, inter­ alia, superannuation pension for a member of the Scheme after service of 10 years and retiring on attaining the age of 58 years.  Sub­ clause (2) of paragraph 12 as sought to be amended by the 2014 amendment stipulates the methodology of computation of monthly member’s pension.  Sub­clauses (1) and (2) of this paragraph are reproduced below:­ “12. Monthly Member's Pension. ­ (1) A member shall be entitled to : ­  (a) superannuation pension if he has rendered eligible service of 10 years or more and retires on attaining the age of 58 years;  (b) early pension, if he has rendered eligible service of 10 years or more and retires or otherwise ceases to be in the employment before attaining the age of 58 years.  12 (2). In the case of a new entrant, the amount of monthly superannuation pension or early pension, as the case may be, shall be computed in accordance with the following factors, namely:­ Monthly member’s pension=  Pensionable Salary x Pensionable Service                        70 Provided that the members’ monthly pension shall be determined on a pro­rata basis for the pensionable service up to the 1st day of September, 2014 at the maximum pensionable salary of six thousand and five hundred rupees per month and for the period thereafter at the maximum pensionable salary of fifteen thousand rupees per month.” 17 | Page

11. The initial entry into the pension scheme is contemplated in paragraph 26(6) of Employees Provident Funds Scheme, 1952 read with paragraph 6 of the pension scheme. Paragraph 6 of the pension scheme as it stood prior to the amendment of 22 nd  August 2014 and thereafter reads:­ Before 22 nd  August 2014 After 22 nd  August 2014 “6. Membership of the Employees' Pension Scheme. ­ Subject to sub­paragraph (3) of paragraph 1, the Scheme shall apply to every employee –  (a) who on or after the 16th November, 1995, becomes a member of the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 1952, or of the Provident Funds of the factories and other establishments exempted by the appropriate Government under section 17 of the Act, or in whose case exemption has been granted under paragraph 27 or 27­A of the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 from the date of such membership;  (b) who has been a member of the ceased Employees' Family Pension Scheme, 1971 before the “6. Membership of the Employees' Pension Scheme. ­ Subject to sub­paragraph (3) of paragraph 1, the Scheme shall apply to every employee –  (a) who on or after the 16th November, 1995, becomes a member of the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 1952, or of the Provident Funds of the factories and other establishments exempted by the appropriate Government under section 17 of the Act, or in whose case exemption has been granted under paragraph 27 or 27­A of the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 and whose pay on such date is less than or equal to fifteen thousand rupees, from the date of such membership;  (b) who has been a member of the ceased Employees' Family Pension Scheme, 1971 before the commencement of this 18 | Page

commencement of this Scheme from 16th November, 1995;  (c) who ceased to be a member of the Employees' Family Pension Scheme, 1971 between 1st April, 1993 and 15th November, 1995 and opts to exercise his option under Paragraph 7;” Scheme from 16th November, 1995;  (c) who ceased to be a member of the Employees' Family Pension Scheme, 1971 between 1st April, 1993 and 15th November, 1995 and opts to exercise his option under Paragraph 7;  (d) who has been a member of the Employees' Provident Fund or of Provident Funds of factories and other establishments exempted by the appropriate Government under section 17 of the Act or in whose case exemption has been granted under Paragraph 27 or 27 A of the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 1952, on 15th November, 1995 but not being a member of the ceased Employees' Family Pension Scheme, 1971 opts to exercise his option under paragraph 7. Explanation. ­ An employee shall cease to be the member of Pension Fund from the date of attaining 58 years of age or from the date of vesting admissible benefits under the Scheme, whichever is earlier.” 12. Section 7 of the 1952 Act empowers the Central Government to amend the said scheme both prospectively and retrospectively, 19 | Page

subject to certain procedural compliances, as outlined in the said provision.  This provision specifies:­ “ 7. Modification of scheme .— (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to [amend or vary, either prospectively or retrospectively, the Scheme, the [Pension] Scheme or the Insurance Scheme, as the case may be].   [(2) Every notification issued under sub­section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is issued, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the notification, or both Houses agree that the notification should not be issued, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that notification.]” 13. The judgment of this Court in  R.C. Gupta  (supra) was delivered examining the provisions of paragraph 11 of the scheme as it stood prior to issue of the 2014 notification. The changes brought by the amended provision altered the methodology of computing pensionable salary, which ultimately would have an impact on the quantum of monthly pension.  Instead of taking twelve months of average pay in the year preceding the date of a member’s exit from the pension fund, computation was contemplated on the basis of average monthly pay 20 | Page

drawn during the contributory period of service in the span of 60 months preceding the date of exit. 14. In the post amendment context, the maximum pensionable salary was to be kept to Rs.15000/­ per month, raising the earlier ceiling of Rs.6500/­ per month.  It was also provided that an existing member who, at the option of the employer and employee as on 1 st September 2014, had been contributing on a salary exceeding Rs.6500/­ per month could exercise fresh option jointly with the employer to continue to remain in the fund even if the salary went beyond Rs.15000/­ per month and the pensionable salary for the existing member exercising such an option was to be based on the higher salary.  15. As per paragraph 3(ii) of the pension scheme, the Central Government was to contribute to the fund at the rate of 1.16 per cent of the pay of the members. Employees within the changed pension regime drawing more than Rs.15000/­ per month have to also contribute at the rate of 1.16 per cent on salary exceeding Rs.15000/­ as additional contribution each month under the amended provisions. Further, fresh option was to be exercised by the member within a period of six months from the 1 st  day of September 2014, which was extendable up to about 6 months on sufficient cause shown by the member. 21 | Page

16. Under the post­2014 regime, the fourth proviso to sub­clause (4) of paragraph 11 specifies that if no option is exercised by a member within the aforesaid period, it would be deemed that the concerned member has not opted for contribution over the wage ceiling. In such a case, the contributions to the pension fund made beyond the wage limit in respect of such a member is to be diverted to the provident fund account of the member along with interest, as declared under the provident fund scheme from time to time.  17. It was held in the case of  R. C. Gupta  (supra), dealing with pre­ 2014 position of the scheme that the dates or time­limit specified in clause 11(3) of the pension scheme were not cut­off dates. The said time­limit determined the eligibility of the employer and employee to exercise their option under the proviso to the said paragraph.  It was also observed in this judgment that a beneficial scheme ought not to be allowed to be defeated by refence to a cut­off date in a situation where the employer was not following the ceiling limit of Rs.5000/­ or Rs.6500/­ and had deposited 12 per cent of the actual salary.   18. Main submission of the employees in support of the judgments under appeal has been that there was no additional burden imposed on the provident fund authorities or the Central Government if the earlier system continued and no cut­off date was factored in, as entry into the hybrid regime of provident fund plus pension beyond the 22 | Page

ceiling limit only entailed switching of funds. The authorities had to remit the 8.33 per cent from the employer’s share of the contribution lying in the provident fund corpus to the corpus of the pension fund. It has been argued before us that the pattern of investment that was permissible under both the schemes were broadly the same and hence interest generated by such investment ought to correspond to in each situation.  19. The Division Bench of the Kerala High Court examined the impact of the amendment to the pension scheme in respect of the following classes of pensioners or potential pensioners: ­ “(i) Employees who had exercised option under the proviso to para 11 (3) of the 1995 Scheme and continued to be in service as on 1 st  September 2014. (ii)Employees who had not exercised their option under the proviso to paragraph 11(3) of the 1995 Scheme and were continuing in service as on 1 st September 2014. (iii) Employees who had retired prior to 1 st  September 2014 without exercising an option under paragraph 11(3) of the 1995 Act scheme. (iv) Employees who had retired prior to 1 st  September 2014 after exercising of an option under the paragraph 11(3) of the 1995 Scheme.” 20. It was held by the Kerala High Court, following the judgment of this Court in the case of  R.C. Gupta  (supra), that paragraph 11 of the pension scheme did not stipulate a cut­off date at all. Any such 23 | Page

stipulation, in the opinion of the High Court, would have the effect of defeating the purpose of a beneficial scheme.  After the relevant date, that is 1 st  September 2014, on the question of capping the salary to Rs.15000/­ per month for continuing in the pension scheme, it was, inter­alia, held by the High Court:­  “33. As per the amendments, the maximum pensionable salary has been fixed at Rs.15,000/­ thereby disentitling the persons who have contributed on the basis of their actual salaries to any benefits on the basis of the excess contributions made by them. The said provision is arbitrary and cannot be sustained. The employees, who have been making contributions on the basis of their actual salaries after submitting a joint option with their employers as required by the Pension Scheme, are denied the benefits of their contributions by the said amendments without any justification. Apart from the above, to cap the salary at Rs. 15,000/­ for quantifying pension is absolutely unrealistic. A monthly salary of Rs.15,000/­ works out only to about Rs.500/­ per day. It is common knowledge that, even a manual labourer is paid more than the said amounts as daily wages. Therefore, to limit the maximum salary at Rs.15,000/­ for pension would deprive most of the employees of a decent pension in their old age. Since the pension scheme is intended to provide succour to the retired employees, the said object would be defeated by capping the salary. The duty of the trustees of the Fund is to administer the same for the benefit of the employees ­ by wise investments 24 | Page

and efficient management. They have no right to deny the pension legitimately due to them on the ground that the fund would get depleted. The demand of additional payment of 1.16% of their salaries exceeding Rs.15,000/­ is unsustainable for the reason that, Section 6A does not require the employees to make any additional contribution to constitute the Pension Fund. Nor does it empower the authorities to demand additional contribution. In the absence of any statutory backing, the said provision in the Pension Scheme is ultra vires. The amendment in so far as it stipulates the average monthly pay drawn over a span of 60 months preceding the date of exit as the pensionable service is also arbitrary for the reason that it deprives the employees of a substantial portion of the pension to which they would have been eligible had it not been for the amendment. The provision as it originally stood stipulated computation of pensionable salary on the basis of the monthly pay drawn over a period of 12 months prior to their exit. The reason for the amendments as disclosed by the counter affidavit filed is that payment of pension on the basis of the Scheme as it stood prior to the amendment would result in depletion of the Fund. Absolutely no material or data to support the above contention has been placed before us. On the contrary, placing reliance on a news report carried by “The Hindu” newspaper on 17.8.2014, it is contended by the petitioners that, a staggering amount of Rs.32,000 Crores of unclaimed amount is lying in various inoperative accounts across the country, as unclaimed pension as disclosed by the Central Provident Fund Commissioner at an interactive 25 | Page

session with employees at Hyderabad. In the absence of any material to support the contention that the fund is likely to be depleted, we reject the said contention. Apart from the above, there is no provision in the Act that stipulates the pension payments to commensurate with the amounts actually remitted by an employee and his employer. It is also a fact that the administrators of the Fund invest the amounts and generate profit from such investments.” 21. The High Court made its assessment of ground realities on the wage structures in the economy and found capping of Rs.15000/­ per month as pensionable salary would deprive most of the employees of decent pension in their old age.  22. As regards requirement of an employee to contribute 1.16 per cent of their pay under the amended scheme, the High Court found that there is no statutory basis under which an employee can be made to make additional contribution to the pension fund. On the aspect of altering the basis of calculation of average monthly pay, the High Court held such alteration to be arbitrary as it deprived the employees of a substantial portion of the pension to which they would have been entitled to under the scheme as it originally prevailed. On justification of the amendment on potential depletion of fund, a point which has also been argued before us by the EPFO, it was observed 26 | Page

by the High Court that there was no material or data to support this contention taken by the fund organisation. The High Court also referred to the growing number of workforce in our country, which, as per this judgment, was constantly adding to the base of the fund by accumulation to fund contribution. In paragraphs 37 and 38 of the judgment under appeal, the reasoning of the High Court was summarised:­ “37. The stated objective of the amendments is to prevent depletion of the fund. The said apprehension is absolutely baseless for the reasons stated above. The number of persons who are contributing to the Provident Fund as well as the Pension Fund have only grown over the years. The work force in our country would only grow further in the future. It has to be stated here that in view of the increase in the number of workers over the years, the contributions would also grow. The phenomenon is only bound to continue in future. Therefore, even when payments of pension are made to the retired employees, the pension fund would continue to get replenished with the contributions of the new entrants. The said ongoing process would maintain the Fund in a stable condition. If at all, a situation where the Fund base gets eroded occurs, the situation could be remedied at that time by enhancing the rates of contributions of persons contributing to the Fund through a legislative exercise. The attempt to maintain the stability of the fund by reducing the pension would only be counter productive and would defeat the very purpose of the enactment.  38. As rightly contended by the counsel appearing for the petitioners, the effect of the amendments to the Pension Scheme is to create different classes of pensioners on the basis of the date, 1.9.2014, the date on which the amended Scheme came into force. Consequently, there would be ­ 27 | Page

(i) employees who have exercised option under the proviso to paragraph 11(3) of the 1995 Scheme and continuing in service as on 1.9.2014; (ii) employees who have not exercised their option under the proviso to paragraph 11(3) of the 1995 Scheme, and continuing in service as on 1.9.2014; (iii) employees who have retired prior to 1.9.2014 without exercising an option under paragraph 11(3) of the 1995 Scheme; (iv) employees who have retired prior to 1.9.2014 after exercising the option under paragraph 11(3) of 1995 Scheme. The rationale in so classifying the employees covered by the Pension Scheme on the basis of the above date is not forthcoming. The object sought to be achieved is stated to be prevention of depletion of the Pension Fund, which cannot be accepted as a justification to support the classification. Inasmuch as the statutory scheme is to make the Pension Fund ensure to the benefit of the homogeneous class of the totality of employees covered by the Provident Fund, a further classification of the said class by formulating a Scheme is ultra vires the power available to the Central Government under Sections 5 and 7 of the EPF Act. Therefore, it has to be held that, the impugned amendments are arbitrary, ultra vires the EPF Act and unsustainable. For the foregoing reasons, the petitioners are entitled to succeed. The writ petitions are all allowed as follows: i) The Employee's Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014 brought into force by Notification No. GSR. 609(E) dated 22.8.2014 evidenced by Ext.P8 in W.P. (C) No. 13120 of 2015 is set aside; ii) All consequential orders and proceedings issued by the Provident Fund authorities/respondents on the basis of the impugned amendments shall also stand set aside. iii) The various proceedings issued by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation declining to grant opportunities to the petitioners to exercise a joint option along with other employees to remit contributions to the Employees Pension Scheme on the basis of the actual salaries drawn by them are set aside. 28 | Page

iv) The employees shall be entitled to exercise the option stipulated by paragraph 26 of the EPF Scheme without being restricted in doing so by the insistence on a date. v) There will be no order as to costs.” For these reasons, the High Court quashed the Employees’ Pension (Amendment) Scheme 2014 sought to be brought into force by notification no. G.S.R. 609(E) dated 22 nd  August 2014. 23. The first point on which argument has been made on behalf of the appellants before us is that the aforesaid amendment had been made in exercise of power under Section 7 of the 1952 Act read with entry 10 of the III Schedule of the Act. Thus, the legislative authorisation is there for modification of a scheme whether prospectively or retrospectively. Moreover, our attention has been drawn to paragraph 32 of the 1995 scheme, which stipulates :­ “32.  Valuation of the Employees' Pension Fund and review of the rates of contributions and quantum of the pension and other benefits.  ­ (1) The Central Government shall have an annual valuation of the Employees' Pension Fund made by a Valuer appointed by it: Provided that it shall be open to the Central Government to direct a valuation to be made at such other times s it may consider necessary.  (2) At any time, when the Employees' Pension Fund so permits, the Central Government may alter the rate of contributions payable under this Scheme or the scale of any benefit admissible under this Scheme or the period for which such benefit may be given.” 29 | Page

Entry 10 of the III Schedule to the Act, which refers to matters for which provision may be made in the pension scheme, provides:­ “10. The scale of pension and pensionary benefits and the conditions relating to grant of such benefits to the employees.” 24. Stand of the appellants is that there has been no encroachment on any vested legal right of existing members. It has been highlighted that after the 2014 amendments, the option of the members to further opt to remain in the scheme beyond the ceiling limit has been taken away. But the existing option members who had chosen to contribute beyond the salary limit has been permitted to exercise fresh option to continue with such contribution upon payment of an additional 1.16 per cent of their salary beyond the said ceiling. 25. In assailing the said judgments, it has also been contended on behalf of the appellants that the membership of the pension scheme may have become a vested right for those opting under paragraph 26(6) of the EPFS before amendment to paragraph 6 of the pension scheme. Those who were yet to exercise option under paragraph 26(6) could not claim such vested right of membership to pension scheme. The omission of proviso 3 to paragraph 11 of the pension scheme also did not affect the membership of those who had already come within the scheme by exercising option under paragraph 26(6), but to 30 | Page

remain in the scheme beyond the ceiling limit an existing option member had to exercise fresh option.  26. Submission of the appellants is that all the employees of an establishment do not constitute a homogenous class. It is within the power and authority of the Central Government to differentiate between employees earning lower wages and those earning higher salary and offer improved social benefits for those in the lower wage bracket.  27.  Arguments have been advanced on two other features of the post­ amendment scheme. Legality of requirement of the employees who go beyond the salary threshold to contribute to the pension scheme at the rate of 1.16 per cent of their salary has been questioned. The other point in controversy is that for existing pensioners also the basis of computation of pensionable salary having changed, there could be reduction in the monthly pension. It is, however, contention of the appellants that the amendment had extended the period prescribed in paragraph 12(1) from 12 months prior to a member’s exit from the pension scheme to 60 months. This, according to appellants, has been done to achieve a clearer picture of the pensionable salary to eliminate the possibility of fluctuations in pay drawn in the last 12 months for determining the quantum of pension. Illustration has been given of manual labourers and women who 31 | Page

drawing low wages, who may suffer such fluctuation on account of ill health, incapacitation, etc., and in the case of such employees, if only 12 months’ pay is accounted for, they may get reduced pension. 28. On behalf of the employees it has been urged that the decision of this Court in  R.C. Gupta  (supra) does not require any revisit as this decision has held good for almost six years. In support of this argument, following authorities have been relied upon:­  (i) Bengal Immunity Company Limited v. State of Bihar and Others  [(1955) 2 SCR 603] (ii) Union of India and Another v. Raghubir Singh (Dead) by Lrs. Etc.  [(1989) 2 SCC 754] (iii) Keshav Mills Co. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax Bombay North, Ahmedabad  [(1965) 2 SCR 908] (iv) Waman Rao and Others v. Union of India and Others [(1981) 2 SCC 362]. 29. In the given context, however, this point may not hold good as what we are examining in this judgment is certain amendments to the scheme which were not before this Court based on which the judgment of  R.C. Gupta  (supra) was delivered. In the said judgment, the provisions of law as it subsisted prior to issue of the amendment notification was considered. Thus, the ratio of the four authorities 32 | Page

referred to in the preceding paragraph would not be applicable in the given context. 30. The employees have argued that under the law, there is no requirement of exercising second option. In this regard, our attention has been drawn to paragraphs 3(1) and 3(2) of the scheme, which requires remittance of a part of contribution of the employer to the provident fund scheme. The employees’ argument is that the obligation is only on the employer to remit the sum from one fund to the other. There is no ceiling limit and the remittance required to be made is of 8.33 per cent of the employee’s pay. But this point also, in our opinion, does not aid the employees. While paragraphs 3 and 6 of the scheme have laid down what the fund would be constituted of and who would be the members of the pension scheme, paragraph 11, which is an integral part of the pension scheme, specifies the criteria for those who become mandatory members and, from among the existing members, who may be permitted to exercise option to remain in the scheme in spite of drawing salary beyond the ceiling limit. It is a fact that those who are covered by paragraph 26(6) of the provident fund scheme automatically enters into the pension scheme as well. But this provision cannot be held to have precluded the Central Government from laying down conditions to remain eligible for the pension scheme and specify wage or salary ceiling for 33 | Page

individual employees beyond which the scheme may not operate. We also do not accept the argument that the pension scheme considers employees as a homogenous group and no distinction can be made among different categories of employees based on their monthly salary to determine for whom the scheme shall operate in a particular manner. It is well within the power and authority of the statutory authorities to reasonably classify different sets of employees and categorise them for the nature of benefits they might get from an existing scheme. In fact, the scheme, at its inception was made applicable to those drawing wages upto Rs.5000/­. The provision relating to exercising option was introduced later, in the year 1996. 31. On behalf of the employees, argument was also advanced against the claim of negative financial impact on the corpus in response to the stand of the appellants that having a large scale of beneficiaries from higher salary earners may result in remitting asymmetrical sums from the corpus to them as pension.  In this regard, learned senior counsel for the appellants (Provident Fund Organisation and Union of India) have made distinction between the provident fund scheme and pension scheme in their respective operation.  While provident fund scheme entails a one­time settlement in favour of the member, the pension scheme carries, by its very nature, benefits for an unspecified time, which has to be 34 | Page

based on actuarial calculation. This difference has been recognised in the judgments of this Court in the cases of  Otis Elevator Employees’ Union S. Reg. and Ors. vs. Union of India & Others  [(2003) 12 SCC 68] and  Pepsu Road Transport Corporation, Patiala vs. Mangal Singh & Others  [(2011) 11 SCC 702].  In an actuarial report relied on by the appellants after delivery of the Kerala High Court judgment, the net liability of the fund is projected to be Rs.5,75,918.88/­ crores for the pension fund, exclusive of the provident fund balance that might be transferred. This assessment has been made on 27 th December 2018 and the report has been annexed to the Rejoinder Affidavit of the appellants in the appeals arising out of SLP (C) Nos.8658­8659 of 2019 filed on 20 th  March 2021 with I.A. No.43576 of 2021 at page 410 of that document.  This projection is based on assumption that every person will opt for higher contribution and statutory salary is restored to Rs.6500/­ per month. 32. We find that the amendment was made in exercise of power otherwise vested in the authority making such amendment and the amendments were made on the basis of certain relevant materials and not whimsically. In this context, the scope of judicial scrutiny to test the constitutionality of the amendment provisions becomes narrow.  This is the opinion of the Constitution Bench of this Court in the case of  Krishena Kumar vs. Union of India and Others  [(1990) 35 | Page

4 SCC 207].  In our view, classification of the employees made by the authorities on the basis of the salary drawn in the 2014 amendment meets the test of reasonable classification contemplated in Article 14 of the Constitution of India. The newspaper report quoted in the Kerala High Court judgment, in our opinion, would not give an effective guidance as regards position of the pension fund and it would be prudent for the Court leave such decisions to be made by the scheme framing body. This approach would be in line with the reasoning of the Constitution Bench in the case of  Krishena Kumar (supra). In the case of  Mafatlal Group Staff Association and Others vs. Regional Commissioner Provident Fund and Ors.  [(1994) 4 SCC 58], it was held by a Coordinate Bench of this Court:­ “10. …Merely because the employees who were the members of the Employees Provident Fund Scheme before March 1, 1971 were given an option to become or not to become members of the Family Pension Scheme, it does not follow that the employees who become members of the Provident Fund Scheme after March 1, 1971, and who are not given such option are discriminated against…” 33. The Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, in coming to its finding that the amendment was arbitrary, mainly relied on various economic factors. The reasoning of the Bench was based on macro­ economic reasons like general increase in salary, addition to the base of the fund and the negative impact on denial of pension benefits for 36 | Page

a large number of employees.  The High Court rejected the argument based on depletion of fund on the ground that over the years, more and more persons are contributing to the provident fund and the corpus of the fund is growing.  We are alive to the concern expressed by the High Court as regards impact on the economic stability of retired employees suddenly being deprived of pension.  But, based on such macro­level social disparities, we do not think in exercise of judicial power we can require the State to operate a pension scheme in a particular manner.  These factors would be for the policy makers to examine and prescribe. We cannot issue directions on the Central Government to work out statutory scheme in a particular fashion.  So far as fixing of cut­off date is concerned, the 2014 amendment specifically provides for that.  In the case of  R.C. Gupta  (supra), the wording of the scheme in paragraph 11(3) was different.  Thus, the ratio of that judgment cannot be applied to the changed provision of the scheme. Fixing of cut­off date was considered in the case of Mafatlal Group Staff Association  (supra) and held to be permissible. We have quoted earlier the relevant passage from that judgment. 34. The case of  Bank of Baroda and Another vs. G. Palani & Others  [(2022) 5 SCC 612] was cited in support of the proposition that pension is not a bounty but a right and such right cannot be taken away retrospectively. In the context of the provisions which we 37 | Page

are examining in this judgment, existing members have been given option to remain in the scheme even if their salary go beyond the ceiling limit. Thus, the right of such members to draw pension is protected. The other area where the pension amount may get impacted is on determination of monthly pension on the basis of altered computation method. But this judgment is not the authority for the proposition that pension amount cannot be altered at all. The factual basis of this judgment was that a joint note/agreement in derogation of statutory regulations was giving retrospective effect. It was in that context the said decision was delivered. In the cases before us, amendment is contemplated of the scheme itself.  35. The requirement in the scheme for employee’s contribution to the extent of 1.16 per cent for option members, in our opinion, is illegal.  There is nothing in the 1952 Act which requires payment to the pension fund by an employee.  Section 6A of the Act also does not have any such stipulation.  Since the Act does not contemplate any contribution to be made by an employee to remain in the scheme, the Central Government under the scheme itself cannot mandate such a stipulation.  What is to be considered here is that for the mandatory members, the Central Government continues to contribute the requisite 1.16 per cent of their salary.  For option members, additional contribution by them is contemplated in order to remain in 38 | Page

the scheme.  In such a situation, in our opinion, a legislative amendment of the Act would have been necessary, providing for contribution to be made by an employee.  To that extent, the provision of the scheme requiring contribution by an individual employee is ultra vires the parent act.  At the same time, we cannot ignore the fact that the pension amount to be paid has been calculated on projections that the corpus would include the option­ employees’ additional contribution of 1.16 per cent. We also cannot mandate the Central Government to contribute to a pension scheme, in absence of a legislative provision to that effect. It would be for the administrators to readjust the contribution pattern within the scope of the statute and one possible solution could be to raise the level of the employer’s contribution in the scheme.  We shall, however, suspend the operation of this part of our judgment for a period of six months so that the legislature may consider the necessity of bringing appropriate legislative amendment on this count.  For the aforesaid period, the scheme as it stands shall continue.  Till such time, if no such legislative exercise is undertaken, the duty to contribute 1.16 per cent of the salary shall apply on option members as well. This contribution shall be adjusted depending on any amendment that may be brought. For the period of six months, however, the opting employees shall make payment of 1.16 per cent contribution as stop 39 | Page

gap measure. In the event no amendment to the statute or the scheme is made within such extended time, then the administrators of the fund will have to operate the pension fund for the option members from out of the existing corpus.  36. The other aspect of the controversy involves changing the method of computation of the pensionable salary.  We have given the points and counter points articulated by the contesting parties pertaining to this feature of the controversy earlier in this judgment. In our opinion, this change of methodology comes within the power of the Central Government to modify a scheme under Section 7 of the 1952 Act read with item 10 of the Schedule III to the Act as also paragraph 32 of the scheme. This alteration of computation is ancillary to determination of scale of pension alongwith pensionary benefits and paragraph 32 of the pension scheme specifically authorises the Central Government to alter the rate of contribution payable under the Scheme or the scale of any benefit admissible under the scheme.  There is a reasonable basis for effecting change in the computation methodology for determining pensionable salary and we do not find any illegality or unconstitutionality in effecting this amendment.  37. We shall now address the question as to whether the members from an exempted establishment under the 1952 Act would be 40 | Page

entitled to the benefits of enrolling in the scheme beyond the ceiling limit.  We would point out here that before us no argument has been advanced as regards members of the pension scheme of exempted establishments in terms of paragraph 39 of the said scheme. Thus, in this judgment, we are not addressing the cases of that category of members. We find from Section 17 (A) of the Act that the investment of the provident fund for the trust fund are also to be as per the directions of the Central Government. In quashing the circular dated 31 st  May 2017, the Delhi High Court has held that the employees of unexempted establishments and exempted establishments form a homogenous group. Section 6A of the Act also envisages coverage of employees of exempted establishments under Section 17(6) of the Act within the pension scheme.  Section 17(6) of the Act stipulates: ­ “(6) Subject to the provisions of sub­section [(1C)] the employer of an exempted establishment or of an exempted employee of an establishment to which the provisions of the [Pension] Scheme apply, shall, notwithstanding any exemption granted under sub­section (1) or sub­section (2), pay to the [Pension] Fund such portion of the employer’s contribution to its provident fund within such time and in such manner as may be specified in the [Pension] Scheme.” 38. Further, Clause 1(3) of the pension scheme contemplates keeping within its fold the establishments to which the 1952 Act applies. These establishments would include exempted 41 | Page

establishments as well. The employees of exempted establishments are integrated into the pension scheme and we are of the opinion that the employees of an exempted establishment should not be deprived of the benefit of getting option to remain in the pension scheme while drawing salary beyond the ceiling limit, in situations where similarly situated employees of unexempted establishments can exercise such option.  In the event the scheme is construed in a way which would exclude them, that would lead to artificial classification of otherwise same categories of employees.  Thus, the pension scheme ought to apply to the employees of the exempted establishments in the same manner as this scheme applies to the employees of unexempted or regular establishments.  39. One of the arguments against their inclusion into the scheme by exercising option is that the corpus of the contribution for exempted establishments have been kept in separate coffers maintained by the trust created for such purpose and not with the authorities specified under the Act.  Taking that factor into account, we are of the view that in order to be entitled to the benefits of the pension fund, the employer and the employee, simultaneously with exercising option in terms of the order of this Court, shall also have to give an undertaking of transferring the employers’ contribution at the stipulated rate maintained by the trusts, which shall be equivalent to 42 | Page

and not lower than the sum which would have been transferable, had such fund been maintained by the provident fund authorities. Such transfer shall take place, immediately after exercise of such option, within such period as may be directed by the administrators of the pension fund.  40. We shall now deal with argument of the appellants that no vested legal right of the employees has been encroached upon by the 2014 amendment. For this purpose, amended paragraph 11(4) needs to be analysed. The said paragraph 11(4) provides for extending the pension coverage in respect of individual employees drawing salary more than Rs. 15000/­ per month. This paragraph however, is subject to two conditions:­  (i)  The first one is that to be eligible for the benefits of extended coverage, the existing members as on 1 st September 2014 must contribute at the rate of 1.16 per cent on salary exceeding Rs. 15,000/­ per month.  ii)  The second one is that a fresh option should be exercised within a period of six months from the first day of September 2014. The scheme contemplates that those members of the fund who had exercised option to remain in the scheme as per the requirement of proviso to paragraph 43 | Page

11(3) of the scheme, as it stood prior to the 2014 amendment, would be able to give fresh option with the employer if their salary cross the ceiling limit. In respect of that provision, this Court in the Case of  R.C. Gupta  (supra) had held that the said proviso did not contemplate a cut­off date. 41. So far as the first condition is concerned, we have expressed our views earlier in this judgment as regards legality of having such a provision. In relation to the second condition, our opinion is that the eligibility for enhancement cannot be restricted to those employees only who had exercised the option to remain in the scheme once their salary went beyond the capping of Rs. 6500/­ per month. As we have already discussed, in case of  R.C. Gupta  (supra), it has been specifically held that there was no cut­off date in proviso to paragraph 11(3) as it stood before the 2014 amendment.  In our opinion, the interpretation given to the proviso to paragraph 11(3) prior to 2014 amendment does not require any reconsideration.  We agree with the reasoning of the two­judge Bench of this Court on this point, as expressed in the said judgment.  As there was no cut­off date to be contemplated prior to the 2014 amendment, limiting the entitlement of enhanced pension coverage to those employees only who had already exercised an option under Clause 11(3) of the 44 | Page

unamended scheme would be contrary to the ratio of the decision of this Court held in the case of  R.C. Gupta  (supra). We are not holding that no option was required to be exercised as per proviso to paragraph 11(3) of the scheme, as it stood prior to 2014 amendment. As held in the case of  R.C. Gupta  (supra), there was no time­limit for exercising such option. 42. The dual option, as is contemplated in paragraph 11(4) of the pension scheme (post 2014 amendment), has to be merged into one. In the event the employer and employee jointly opt for coverage beyond the salary limit of Rs. 15000/­, without giving an earlier option under the unamended Clause 11(3) of the pension scheme, they would not be automatically excluded from their right to exercise option under paragraph 11(4) of the scheme, post amendment.   43. The other condition for enhanced coverage relates to the date within which such fresh option is to be exercised by a member, which is stipulated to be within a period of six months from 1 st September 2014.  It would be legitimate to proceed on the basis that several members did not exercise such option earlier because of the stand taken by the Provident Fund authorities that option under proviso to paragraph 11(3) of the scheme (prior to 2014 amendment) has to be exercised within a specified date, which stand was negated 45 | Page

in the decision of  R.C. Gupta  (supra). We are of the view that the time limit for coverage beyond the ceiling amount should be extended by a further period of four months from today to enable all the members of the pension fund drawing more than Rs.6500/­ to exercise the joint option as contemplated in paragraph 11(4) of the pension scheme (post 2014 amendment). Once such joint option is exercised, the transfer of fund from the provident fund corpus to the pension fund shall be effected in terms of the scheme. 44. We accordingly hold and direct:­ (i) The provisions contained in the notification no. G.S.R. 609(E) dated 22 nd  August 2014 are legal and valid.  So far as present members of the fund are concerned, we have read down certain provisions of the scheme as applicable in their cases and we shall give our findings and directions on these provisions in the subsequent sub­paragraphs.  (ii) Amendment to the pension scheme brought about by the notification no. G.S.R. 609(E) dated 22 nd  August 2014 shall apply to the employees of the exempted establishments in the same manner as the employees of the regular establishments. Transfer of funds from 46 | Page

the exempted establishments shall be in the manner as we have already directed. (iii) The employees who had exercised option under the proviso to paragraph 11(3) of the 1995 scheme and continued to be in service as on 1 st  September 2014, will be guided by the amended provisions of paragraph 11(4) of the pension scheme.  (iv) The members of the scheme, who did not exercise option, as contemplated in the proviso to paragraph 11(3) of the pension scheme (as it was before the 2014 Amendment) would be entitled to exercise option under paragraph 11(4) of the post amendment scheme.  Their right to exercise option before 1 st  September 2014 stands crystalised in the judgment of this Court in the case of  R.C. Gupta  (supra).  The scheme as it stood before 1 st  September 2014 did not provide for any cut­ off date and thus those members shall be entitled to exercise option in terms of paragraph11(4) of the scheme, as it stands at present.  Their exercise of option shall be in the nature of joint options covering 47 | Page

pre­amended paragraph 11(3) as also the amended paragraph 11(4) of the pension scheme.   There was uncertainty as regards validity of the post amendment scheme, which was quashed by the aforesaid judgments of the three High Courts. Thus, all the employees who did not exercise option but were entitled to do so but could not due to the interpretation on cut­off date by the authorities, ought to be given a further chance to exercise their option. Time to exercise option under paragraph 11(4) of the scheme, under these circumstances, shall stand extended by a further period of four months.  We are giving this direction in exercise of our jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution of India. Rest of the requirements as per the amended provision shall be complied with. (v) The employees who had retired prior to 1 st  September 2014 without exercising any option under paragraph 11(3) of the pre­amendment scheme have already exited from the membership thereof. They would not be entitled to the benefit of this judgment. 48 | Page

(vi) The employees who have retired before 1 st  September 2014 upon exercising option under paragraph 11(3) of the 1995 scheme shall be covered by the provisions of the paragraph 11(3) of the pension scheme as it stood prior to the amendment of 2014.   (vii) The requirement of the members to contribute at the rate of 1.16 per cent of their salary to the extent such salary exceeds Rs.15000/­ per month as an additional contribution under the amended scheme is held to be ultra vires the provisions of the 1952 Act.  But for the reasons already explained above, we suspend operation of this part of our order for a period of six months.  We do so to enable the authorities to make adjustments in the scheme so that the additional contribution can be generated from some other legitimate source within the scope of the Act, which could include enhancing the rate of contribution of the employers. We are not speculating on what steps the authorities will take as it would be for the legislature or the framers of the scheme to make necessary amendment.  For the aforesaid period of six months or till such time any amendment is made, whichever is earlier, the 49 | Page

employees’ contribution shall be as stop gap measure. The said sum shall be adjustable on the basis of alteration to the scheme that may be made. (viii)  We do not find any flaw in altering the basis for computation of pensionable salary. (ix) We agree with the view taken by the Division Bench in the case of  R.C. Gupta  (supra) so far as interpretation of the proviso to paragraph 11(3) (pre­amendment) pension scheme is concerned.  The fund authorities shall implement the directives contained in the said judgment within a period of eight weeks, subject to our directions contained earlier in this paragraph.  (x) The Contempt Petition (C) Nos.1917­1918 of 2018 and Contempt Petition (C) Nos. 619­620 of 2019 in Civil Appeal Nos. 10013­10014 of 2016 are disposed of in the above terms.  45. All the appeals which we have heard simultaneously are allowed in the above terms and the judgments impugned are modified   accordingly.   The  writ  petitions   brought  by  employees 50 | Page

or their representatives shall also stand disposed of in the same terms.  46. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of. 47.   There  shall be no order as to costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CJI. (UDAY UMESH LALIT)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. (ANIRUDDHA BOSE)  . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . J. (SUDHANSHU DHULIA) NEW DELHI; November 04, 2022 51 | Page

1 ITEM NO.1501 COURT NO.13 SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and orders dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 & 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR.ETC. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B. & ORS.ETC. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No. 318/2022 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1218/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 3289/2021 (XV) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) W.P.(C) No. 1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 832/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 601/2019 (X) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 619-620/2019 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV- A) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 512/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 86/2021 (X) SLP(C) No. 3287/2021 (XV)

2 SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV) W.P.(C) No. 1356/2021 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1379/2021 (X) W.P.(C) No. 767/2021 (X) W.P.(C) No. 477/2021 (X) SLP(C) No. 8547/2021 (XI-A) W.P.(C) No. 414/2021 (X) SLP(C) No. 15063-15064/2022 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 (XV) SLP(C) No. 16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) W.P.(C) No. 1459/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) SLP(C) No. 3290/2021 (XV) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X)

3 W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 498/2022 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) Date : 04-11-2022 These petitions were called on for pronouncement of judgment today.

4 For the Parties Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. (for EPFO) Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Mr. Shatadru Chakraborty, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Anand, Adv. M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Manish Singhvi, Sr.Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Ms. Urvashi Sharma, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Alapana Pandey, Adv. Mr Ajay Kumar Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv. Mr. Uday Prakas, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Harpreet Singh, adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms.Shreya Bhojnagarwala Adv. Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Ms. Srija Chowdhury, Adv Mr. Anant, Adv Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR

5 Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR Ms. Riya Sethi, Adv. Ms. Binisa Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr.Aditya Dhawan Adv Ms.Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Shashank Shekhar,Adv Mr. Ronak Baid, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Ms. Vismai Rao, Adv. Mr. Korada Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Gopi Krishna, Adv. Mr. Y Ramesh, Adv. Mr. K K Venugopal, AG (NP) Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jain, ASG Mr. R.Balasubramanian, Sr.Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. Tathagat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Shivam Singhania, Adv. Mr. Nring Chamwibo Zeliang, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. R.Anand Padmanabhan, adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar D S Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Bahar U Barqi, Adv. Maroof Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR

6 Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Ms. Rangoli Seth, Adv. Mr. Jamshed P. Cama, Sr.Adv. Mr. Soumya Chakraborty, Sr.Adv. Mr Benny P Thomas, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Adv. Ms. Shivani Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Syed Rehan, Adv. Mr. Devendra Nath Tripathi, Adv. M.Jaggannath R., Adv. Dr. K P Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr.Adv. Mr. C.M Sundaram Iyer, Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Jayanth Muth Raj, Sr.Adv. Ms. V.P. Seemanthini, Sr.Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Abraham C.Mathews, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Goel, Adv. Mr. Santhosh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr Sriram P. Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Santhosh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Shaji J. K., Adv. Mr. Babu K., Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Suyash Jain, Adv. Mr Zeeshan Ali, Adv. Mr Shubham Jain, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr S.D. Singh, Adv Mr. Harsh Nandwana, Adv Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Ms. Meenu Singh, Adv.

7 Ms. Shweta Sinha, Adv. Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv Mr. Siddharth Singh, Adv. Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mrs. Paramjeet Benipal, adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sajeev Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Mohan Sinha, Adv. Mr Bikash Chandra, Adv. Mr. D D Sharma, adv Mr. Rajeev Kumar Deora, Adv. Mr. Kaushal Kishore, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Ms. Kajal Kumar, Adv. Mr Ravinder Kumar Wadhwa, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. Ms.Anushka Sharda, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Mr. MG Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemoon Raju K, Adv. Mr. Sushant, Adv. Ms. Himoli Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr Tabrez Malawat, Adv Mr. Sourajit Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Syed Hamza, Adv. Mr Sujeet Kumar, Adv Mr Abhaya Nath Das, Adv Mr Rahul Gupta, Adv Ms Riya Soni, Adv Mr S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv

8 Mr Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, AOR Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Sangeet Bharti, Adv. Mr.Ashish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Vijayan K., Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. L.K. Paonam, Adv. Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Adv. Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv. Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR Mr. Upendra Narayan Mishra, Adv. Mr. Manoranjan Mishra, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Adv. Roopam Rai, Adv. Mr. Shyam Sundar Rai, Adv. Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Rishi K Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Piyush Vatsa, Adv. Ms. Ritu Arora, Adv. Mr Avinash Ankit, Adv. Yukti Anand, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR

9 Ms Giffara S. Adv Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Puspita Basak, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Awadhesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Raghuvendra Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Kisalaya Shukla, Adv. Ms. Purnima Jain, Adv Mr.Manish Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr A Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. R. Basant, Sr Adv Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Vishnu Pazhanganat, Adv Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv Mr. Ajay Krishna, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Ms. Seema Jain, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham, Adv. Mr. Audhinder Lal, Adv. Ms. Purva, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. K.V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. Vinosh K K., Adv. Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr.Adv. Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr.Adv.

10 Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr.Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr Amit , Adv Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Adv. Ms. Sushma Singh, Adv. Mr. Trilok Nath Saxena, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Saxena, Adv. Mr. Vipin Sandu, Adv. Mr. Yatish Yadav, Adv. L.Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Jugtewat, Adv. Mr. Ikshit Singhal, Adv. Mr Ranvir Singh Chillar, Adv. Mr Chandra Kant Sukumar Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar Goyal, Adv. Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Abhay Singh, adv. Ms. Ankita Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr. Ankit Acharya, AOR Mr. Manoj V George, Adv. Manju E George, Adv. Mr. B D Das, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR KM Vignesh Ram, Adv. Ms. Akriti Seth, adv. Mr. Nasib Masih, Adv. Presly Mathai, adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Deepti S. Rane, Adv. Mr. Subhash S. Kadam, Adv. Ms. Madhvi S.Sawant, Adv. Ms. Kavya S.Lokande, Adv. Ms. Sneha S.Deshmukh, Adv.

11 Ms. Kavita S.M., Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Hon’ble Mr. Justice Aniruddha Bose pronounced the judgment of the Bench comprising Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India, His Lordship and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia. Leave granted. The appeals are allowed and the writ petitions and contempt petitions are disposed of in terms of the signed reportable judgment Pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of. (NIRMALA NEGI) (VIDYA NEGI) COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR (Signed reportable judgment is placed on the file)

1 *REVISED ITEM NO.13 COURT NO.2 SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. ETC. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B. & ORS. ETC. Respondent(s) IA No. 94985/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 41103/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 93694/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 92529/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 43083/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 42760/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 99778/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 41095/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 39304/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 29847/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 27950/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 44916/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 25768/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 42841/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 99909/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) IA No. 28734/2021 – PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS IA No. 28741/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES) IA No.43576/2021- FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN SUBMITTING NOTE/RESPONSE BY PETITIONER IN COMPLIANCE OF ORDER DATED 25.02.2021 IA No.43579/2021-FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES IA No.43611/2021-FOR PERMISSION TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS ON RECORD. IA No.143348/2021-FOR IMPLEADMENT IA No.82481/2022- FOR INTERVENTION IA No.83108/2022- FOR INTERVENTION IA No.112511/2022-FOR DIRECTION WITH SLP(C) No. 16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (IA No. 43510/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION

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7 W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) (IA NO.72373/2019-MODIFICATION IA NO.102348/2019- PERMISSION TO FILE ADDL. DOCUMENTS IA NO.43185/2021- PERMISSION TO FILE ADDL. DOCUMENTS IA NO.43187/2021-PERMISSION TO AMEND THE WP) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES, IA NO.102349/2019-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDL. DOCUMENT) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) IA No. 170508/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146221/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) IA No. 69081/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170449/2018 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) IA No. 44627/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 498/2022 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.92716/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 11-08-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA For Parties : Mr. K.K Venugopal, AG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv.

8 Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Ms. Janhvi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Tathagat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shubhendu Anand,Adv. Mr. Kartik Dev, Adv. Mr. K.K Venugopal, AG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Ms. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R.Balasubramanian, Sr.Adv. Mr. Siddharth, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Ms. Janhvi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Tathagat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Nring Chamwibo Zeliang, Adv. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. C.U. Singh, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv.                      Ms. Sonia Nigam, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv.

9 Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham, Adv. Mr. Audhinder Lal, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Venkatramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Soumya Chakraborty,Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Adv. Mr. R. Basant, Sr.Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Vishnu Pazhanganat, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. A.N. S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. R. Venkatramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv.

10 Mr. Narendra Kumar Goyal, adv. Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhri, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Adv. Mr. Jayanth Muthraj, Sr.Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Abraham C. Mathews, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Ms. V.P. Seemanthini, Sr.Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv Ms. Sushma Singh, Adv. Mr. Trilok Nath Saxena, Adv. Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv.

11 Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Chaman Rana, Adv. Ms. Urvashi Sharma, Adv. Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Mr. Vedavalli Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Vipin Kumar Saxena, adv. Mr. Vipin Sundu, Adv. Mr. Yatish Yadav, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Maneesh Saxena, Adv. Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kumar, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Ikshit Singhal, Adv. Mr. Sagar Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ranvir Singh Chhillar, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Jugtewat, Adv Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR. Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv.

12 Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhari, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey AOR Mr. Sujit KumarJha, adv. Mr. Grijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv. Mr. Uday Prakas, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey AOR Mr. Girijesh Pandey Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv. Mr. Kafeel Ahmad Adv Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Alapana Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Ajay Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv Mr. Somanath Padhan, AOR Mr. Neelmani Pant, Adv. Ms. Sukhada Kakade Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Apoorva Pandey, Adv. Ms. Adyasha Nanda, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Binisa Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Korada Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Gopi Krishna, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR

13 Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Rangasharan Mohan, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Mr. S.S. Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Dr. Shakeelazama Ansari, Adv. Mr. Syed Rehan, Adv. Mr. Aryan P. Nanda, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Nikhil Goyal, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Suyash Jain, Adv. Mr. K. Paarivendhan, AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mrs. Paramjeet Benipal, adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR Mr. Praveen Kr. Singh, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Dishant Bhati, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Mr. MG Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, adv. Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv.

14 Ms. Priti, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Adv. Ms. Anupriya, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P. Mohanty, adv. Mr. Aditya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Abhiram Naik, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr Tabrez Malawat, Adv Mr. Sourajit Sarkar, Adv. Mr Syed Hamza, Adv Mr N D Kaushik, Adv Mr Abhaya Nath Das, Adv Mr V K Shukla, Adv Mr S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv Mr Rahul Gupta, Adv Mr Shashank Sharma, Adv Ms Riya Soni, Adv Mr. Satish Kumar,AOR Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, AOR Mr. Abhijeet Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. K.C. Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Bhuvneshwari Pathak,Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Malvi Balyan, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Vijayan K., Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR Mr. B. Paramesh, Adv. Mr. Sarbendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Onkar Singh, Adv.

15 Mr. Vimal Johnson Kerketta, Adv. Ms. Neha Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Monika, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.J. Adv. Ms. Meena K. Poulose, Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Dua, Adv. M/s M.V.Kini & Associates, AOR Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. M/s M.V.Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Puspita Basak, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Raghuvendra Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Kisalaya Shukla, Adv. Ms. Purnima Jain, Adv Mr. Vaibhav Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Awadhesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. K.V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv Mr. K.V. Mohan, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. K. Parameshara, Adv Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Ms. A. Sregurupriya, Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR

16 Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Ms. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv. Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Mr. Santhosh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Abraham C. Mathews, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mr. Kunal Rawat, Adv. Ms. Radhika Maharwal, Adv. Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mueed Shah, Adv. Mr. Ankit Acharya, AOR Mr. S. Rajappa, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar,Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr.Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms.Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr.Aditya Dhawan, Adv Ms.Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Ms. Madhvi S. Sawant, Adv.

17 Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Deepti S. Rane, Adv. Mr. Subhash S. Kadam, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Ms. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Manoj Pandey Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra AOR Mr. Debabrata Dash Adv Mr. Niranjan Sahu Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Nayak Adv Ms. Kanika Chug Adv. Mr. Manoj Pandey Adv. Mr. Satish Bhargawa, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Mohan Lal Sharma, AOR Ms. Shikha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Rajiv Kumar, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Mr. Shatadru Chakraborty, Adv. Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Anand, Adv. M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR

18 Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr S.D. Singh, Adv Mr. Harsh Nandwana, Adv Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv Mr. Siddharth Singh, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. L.K. Paonam, Adv. Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Adv. Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Delay condoned. Applications for impleadment/intervention are allowed. Applications for substitution are allowed subject to all just exceptions after condoning the delay and setting aside abatement in filing the substitution applications.

19 Arguments concluded. Judgment reserved. (NEETU KHAJURIA) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER * (Revised is prepared for adding IAs, which were not shown in the cause-list)

20 ITEM NO.13 COURT NO.2 SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. ETC. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B. & ORS. ETC. Respondent(s) IA No. 94985/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 41103/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 93694/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 92529/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 43083/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 42760/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 99778/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 41095/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 39304/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 29847/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 27950/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 44916/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 25768/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 42841/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 99909/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) WITH SLP(C) No. 16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) IA No. 43510/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 43501/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 318/2022 (X) IA No.66452/2022-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 66452/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 66451/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1218/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 3289/2021 (XV)

21 (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10606/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11707/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No.1917-1918/2018 in C.A.No.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) IA No. 85695/2019 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 147085/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 147082/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 832/2019 (X) IA No. 98935/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 601/2019 (X) IA No. 73827/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 619-620/2019 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) IA No. 62534/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 86926/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 86923/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 512/2019 (X) IA No. 92886/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 3287/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10568/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11699/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV) IA No. 39682/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 40330/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69729/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69717/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 76487/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 49239/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 69732/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 39672/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 40085/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 40332/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN.

22 IA No. 70979/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. IA No. 12234/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 40084/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69726/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69714/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 39667/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 76485/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 49234/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 12486/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12233/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES IA No. 70981/2021 - SETTING ASIDE AN ABATEMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1356/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.163993/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1379/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.167893/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 767/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.80978/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.80976/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.80977/2021-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 477/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 8547/2021 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.74627/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.74628/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No. 414/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 (XIV) IA No. 8907/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 6618/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 6619/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 6620/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 6621/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 (XIV) IA No. 9495/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 43588/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12062/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES

23 IA No. 9494/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 (XV) IA No. 16619/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 11703/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9097/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) IA No. 51450/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 51446/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X) IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.134289/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12571/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12572/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) IA No. 12492/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12575/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) IA No. 26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X ) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X)

24 W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (X) IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (X) IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X) IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) IA No. 170508/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146221/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) IA No. 69081/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170449/2018 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) IA No. 44627/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

25 W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 498/2022 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.92716/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 11-08-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA For Parties : Mr. K.K Venugopal, AG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Ms. Janhvi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Tathagat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shubhendu Anand,Adv. Mr. Kartik Dev, Adv. Mr. K.K Venugopal, AG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Ms. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R.Balasubramanian, Sr.Adv. Mr. Siddharth, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv.

26 Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Ms. Janhvi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Tathagat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Nring Chamwibo Zeliang, Adv. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. C.U. Singh, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv.                      Ms. Sonia Nigam, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham, Adv. Mr. Audhinder Lal, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Venkatramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Soumya Chakraborty,Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.

27 Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Adv. Mr. R. Basant, Sr.Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Vishnu Pazhanganat, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. A.N. S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. R. Venkatramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar Goyal, adv. Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhri, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv.

28 Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Adv. Mr. Jayanth Muthraj, Sr.Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Abraham C. Mathews, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Ms. V.P. Seemanthini, Sr.Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv Ms. Sushma Singh, Adv. Mr. Trilok Nath Saxena, Adv. Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Chaman Rana, Adv. Ms. Urvashi Sharma, Adv. Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Mr. Vedavalli Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Vipin Kumar Saxena, adv. Mr. Vipin Sundu, Adv. Mr. Yatish Yadav, Adv.

29 Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Maneesh Saxena, Adv. Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kumar, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Ikshit Singhal, Adv. Mr. Sagar Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ranvir Singh Chhillar, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Jugtewat, Adv Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR. Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhari, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey AOR Mr. Sujit KumarJha, adv. Mr. Grijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv. Mr. Uday Prakas, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey AOR Mr. Girijesh Pandey Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv. Mr. Kafeel Ahmad Adv Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Alapana Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Ajay Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv Mr. Somanath Padhan, AOR Mr. Neelmani Pant, Adv. Ms. Sukhada Kakade

30 Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Apoorva Pandey, Adv. Ms. Adyasha Nanda, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Binisa Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Korada Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Gopi Krishna, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Rangasharan Mohan, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Mr. S.S. Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Dr. Shakeelazama Ansari, Adv. Mr. Syed Rehan, Adv. Mr. Aryan P. Nanda, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Nikhil Goyal, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Suyash Jain, Adv. Mr. K. Paarivendhan, AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mrs. Paramjeet Benipal, adv.

31 Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR Mr. Praveen Kr. Singh, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Dishant Bhati, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Mr. MG Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, adv. Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Ms. Priti, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Adv. Ms. Anupriya, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P. Mohanty, adv. Mr. Aditya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Abhiram Naik, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr Tabrez Malawat, Adv Mr. Sourajit Sarkar, Adv. Mr Syed Hamza, Adv Mr N D Kaushik, Adv Mr Abhaya Nath Das, Adv Mr V K Shukla, Adv Mr S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv Mr Rahul Gupta, Adv Mr Shashank Sharma, Adv Ms Riya Soni, Adv Mr. Satish Kumar,AOR Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, AOR Mr. Abhijeet Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv.

32 Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. K.C. Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Bhuvneshwari Pathak,Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Malvi Balyan, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Vijayan K., Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR Mr. B. Paramesh, Adv. Mr. Sarbendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Onkar Singh, Adv. Mr. Vimal Johnson Kerketta, Adv. Ms. Neha Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Monika, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.J. Adv. Ms. Meena K. Poulose, Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Dua, Adv. M/s M.V.Kini & Associates, AOR Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. M/s M.V.Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Puspita Basak, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Raghuvendra Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Kisalaya Shukla, Adv. Ms. Purnima Jain, Adv

33 Mr. Vaibhav Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Awadhesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. K.V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv Mr. K.V. Mohan, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. K. Parameshara, Adv Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Ms. A. Sregurupriya, Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Ms. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv. Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Mr. Santhosh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Abraham C. Mathews, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR

34 Mr. Kunal Rawat, Adv. Ms. Radhika Maharwal, Adv. Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mueed Shah, Adv. Mr. Ankit Acharya, AOR Mr. S. Rajappa, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar,Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr.Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms.Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr.Aditya Dhawan, Adv Ms.Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Ms. Madhvi S. Sawant, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Deepti S. Rane, Adv. Mr. Subhash S. Kadam, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Ms. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Manoj Pandey Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra AOR Mr. Debabrata Dash Adv Mr. Niranjan Sahu Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Nayak Adv Ms. Kanika Chug Adv. Mr. Manoj Pandey Adv. Mr. Satish Bhargawa, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Mohan Lal Sharma, AOR Ms. Shikha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, adv.

35 Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Rajiv Kumar, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Mr. Shatadru Chakraborty, Adv. Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Anand, Adv. M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr S.D. Singh, Adv Mr. Harsh Nandwana, Adv Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv Mr. Siddharth Singh, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. L.K. Paonam, Adv. Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Adv. Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR

36 Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Delay condoned. Applications for impleadment/intervention are allowed. Applications for substitution are allowed subject to all just exceptions after condoning the delay and setting aside abatement in filing the substitution applications. Arguments concluded. Judgment reserved. (NEETU KHAJURIA) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER

1 ITEM NO.1 COURT NO.2 SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos.8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No.602/2015, 12-10-2018 in WPC No.13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) (IA No.94985/2021 - FOR PERMISSION; IA No.93694/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.92529/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.43083/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.41103/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.39304/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA No.29847/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA No.27950/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT; IA No.44916/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA No.25768/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA No.42841/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT; IA No.42760/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT; IA No.99778/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA No.41095/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.99909/ 2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ ANNEXURES) WITH SLP(C) Nos.16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (IA No.43510/2021 – FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION; and, IA No.43501/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.318/2022 (X) (IA No.66452/2022 – FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; IA No.66452/2022 – FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; and, IA No.66451/2022 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.1218/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No.1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No.3289/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.10606/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.11707/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

2 CONMT. PET. (C) Nos.1917-1918/2018 in Civil Appeal Nos.10013- 10014/2016 (XIV-A) (IA No.85695/2019 – FOR DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT; IA No.147085/2018 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.; IA No.147082/2018 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No.1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.832/2019 (X) (IA No.98935/2020 – FOR EARLY HEARING) W.P.(C) No.601/2019 (X) (IA No.73827/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.619-620/2019 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) W.P.(C) No.500/2019 (X) (IA No.62534/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY; IA No.86926/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.86923/2019 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No.512/2019 (X) (IA No.92886/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.86/2021 (X) SLP(C) No.3287/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.10568/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; IA No.11699/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No.1701/2021 (XIV) (IA No.40330/2021 - FOR SUBSTITUTION; IA No.69729/2021 - FOR SUBSTITUTION; IA No.39682/2021 - FOR SUBSTITUTION; IA No.49239/2021 – FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; IA No.69732/2021 – FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; IA No.69717/2021 – FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; IA No.76487/2021 – FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; IA No.40085/2021 – FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION; IA No.39672/2021 – FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION; IA No.40332/2021 – FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN.; IA No.70979/2021 – FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN.; IA No.12234/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; IA No.39667/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.76485/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.9234/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.40084/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.69726/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.69714/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.12486/2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; IA No.12233/2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.70981/2021 - FOR SETTING

3 ASIDE AN ABATEMENT) W.P.(C) No.1356/2021 (X) W.P.(C) No.1379/2021 (X) W.P.(C) No.767/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION; IA No.80978/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.; IA No.80976/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.80977/2021 – FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No.477/2021 (X) SLP(C) No.8547/2021 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.74627/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; and, IA No.74628/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No.414/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) Diary No.46219/2019 (XIV) (IA No.8907/2021 - FOR PERMISSION; IA No.6618/2021 – FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING; IA No.6619/2021 – FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING/CURING THE DEFECTS; IA No.6620/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; and, IA No.6621/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No.1366/2021 (XIV) (IA No.9495/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; IA No.43588/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; IA No.12062/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No.9494/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No.2465/2021 (XV) (IA No.16619/2021 - FOR PERMISSION; IA No.11703/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No.9097/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No.1134/2018 (X) (IA No.51450/2020 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT; and, IA No. 51446/2020 - INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.390/2019 (X) (IA No.43954/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.511/2019 (X)

4 W.P.(C) No.1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.134289/2020 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No.3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.12571/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.12572/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No.1738/2021 (XIV) (IA No.12492/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No.12575/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No.349/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.360/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.63451/2018 – FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/ DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No.466/2018 (X)

5 W.P.(C) No.269/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.327/2019 (X) (IA No.43329/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY; and, IA No.84636/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.352/2019 (X) (IA No.46449/2019 – FOR STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.69/2018 (X) (IA No.14965/2018 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No.884/2018 (X) (IA No.170508/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.146221/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.778/2018 (X) (IA No.69081/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.170449/2018 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.874/2018 (X) (IA No.44627/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.1149/2018 (X) (IA No.117553/2019 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No.144028/2018 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No.1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.498/2022 (X) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.92716/2022 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

6 Date : 10-08-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA Counsel for the Parties: Mr. C.A. Sunadaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Jeetendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranaraynan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR

7 Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqi, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Arpit Prakash, Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Chaman Rana, Adv. Ms. Urvashi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhri, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Basant R., Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Vishnu Pazhanganat, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. C.U. Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Sonia Nigam, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Yashwant Gaggar, Adv. M/s. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham, Adv. Mr. Audhinder Lal, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Parul Shukla, Adv. Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Adv.

8 Mr. K.P. Kylasantha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Dr. K.P. Kyalasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.A. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Soumya Chakraborty, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. C.A. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv. Ms. V.P. Seemanthini, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jayanth Muth Raj, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nikhil Goel, Adv. Mr. Abraham C. Mathews, Adv. Mr. Shaji J. Kodankandath, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Chandratanay Chaube, Adv. Mr. Ganesh A. Khemka, Adv. Mr. Tushar Arora, Adv. Mr. K.C. Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv.

9 Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Narendra Kumar Goyal, Adv. Ms. Sushma Singh, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Vipin S., Adv. Mr. Yatish Yadav, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Jugtawat, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ranvir Singh Chhillar, Adv. Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Mr. Shantanu J, Adv. Ms. Amita, Adv. Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR Mr. Manoranjan Mishra, Adv. Ms. Roopam Rai, Adv. Mr. Shyam Sundar Rai, Adv. Ms. Monika Singh, Adv. Mr. Onkar Singh, Adv. Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. Sourajit Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Syed Hamza, Adv. Mr. N.D. Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv. Mr. V.K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. S.S. Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv. Ms. Riya Soni, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv. Malvi Balvan, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.T., Adv. Ms. Meena K. Poulose, Adv.

10 Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. Mr. T.S.Sidhu, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Dua, Adv. M/s. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. K. Parameshwar , Adv. Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Ms. A. Sregurupriya, Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Korada Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Gopikrishna, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Rangasaran Mohan, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Bahar U. Barqi, Adv. Mr. D.S. Mishra, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Alapana Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Ajay Tiwari, Adv.

11 Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Neelmani Pant, Adv. Ms. Sukhada Kakade, Adv. Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. Santhosa Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Sriram Parakkat, Adv. Mr. Divashish Bharuka, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mr. Kunal Rawat, Adv. Ms. Radhika, Adv. Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mueed Shah, Adv. Mr. Ankit Acharya, AOR Ms. Madhvi S. Sawant, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Deepti S. Rana, Adv. Mr. Subhash S. Kadam, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Ms. Manju E. George, Adv. B.D. Das, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Km. Vignesh Ram, Adv. Ms. Akriti Seth, Adv. Renjith V. Philip, Adv. Mr. Nasib Masih, Adv. Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Ms. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Mr. Praveen Kr. Singh, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co, AOR Mr. M.K. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. A. Singh, Adv.

12 Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/s. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Adyasha Nanda, Adv. Apoorva Pandey, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Yugal Kishor Prasad, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Parul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Dishant Bhati, Adv. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Syed Rehan, Adv. Mr. H.R. Khan, Adv. Md. Sajid, Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Pushpita Basak, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Ms. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv. Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Singh, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR

13 Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, AOR Mr. Abhijeet Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Binisa Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Mr. S.S. Bandopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sharma, Adv. M/s. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Vijay, Adv. Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Ms. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Ms. Rani Chhabra, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR M/s. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR

14 Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar-I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard in part. For further hearing, list these matters on 11.08.2022 as Part- Heard. (MUKESH NASA) (VIRENDER SINGH) AR-cum-PS BRANCH OFFICER

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6 W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 498/2022 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.92716/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 05-08-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA For Parties : Mr. K.K Venugopal, AG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Ms. Sujatha Bagadia, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Tathagat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. C.U. Singh, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Sonia Nigam, Adv.                     Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv Ms. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR

7 Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. C. Govind Venugopal, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Sah, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham, Adv. Mr. Audhinder Lal, Adv. Mr. R. Sanjith, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. D.s. Mishra, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Soumya Chakraborty,Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Chandratanay Chaube, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Adv. Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhri, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv.

8 Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR. Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Ms. Urvashi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhari, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey AOR Mr. Sujit KumarJha, adv. Mr. Grijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv. Mr. Uday Prakas, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey AOR Mr. Girijesh Pandey Adv. Ms. Alapana Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv. Mr. Kafeel Ahmad Adv Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Alapana Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Ajay Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv

9 Mr. Somanath Padhan, AOR Mr. Neelmani Pant, Adv. Ms. Sukhada Kakade Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Adyasha Nanda, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Binisa Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Korada Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Gopi Krishna, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Mr. S.S. Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mohd. Sajid, Adv. Mr. Syed Rehan, Adv. Mr. zulfiqar Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. K. Paarivendhan, AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mrs. Paramjeet Benipal, adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv Mr. Praveen Kr. Singh, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Dishant Bhati, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Ms. Raveena Rai, Adv Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Mr. MG Akbar, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR

10 Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Abhiram Naik, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr Tabrez Malawat, Adv: Mr Sourajit Sarkar, Adv Mr Syed Hamza, Adv Mr N D Kaushik, Adv Mr Abhaya Nath Das, Adv Mr V K Shukla, Adv Mr S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv Mr Rahul Gupta, Adv Mr Shashank Sharma, Adv Ms Riya Soni, Adv Mr. Satish Kumar,AOR Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, AOR Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. K.C. Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Bhuvneshwari Pathak,Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv. Ms. Malvi Balan, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Vijayan K., Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR Ms. Manoranjan Mishra, Adv. Roopam rai, Adv. Mr. Shyam Sundan Rai, Adv. Ms. Monika, Adv. Ms. Vimal Johnson Kerketta, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.J. Adv.

11 Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. Mr.Tavinderpal Singh Sidhu, Adv. M/s M.V.Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Puspita Basak, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Raghuvendra Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Kisalaya Shukla, Adv. Ms. Purnima Jain, Adv Mr. Awadhesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Vinay Rai, Adv. Mr. Vishweshwer Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. R. Basant, Sr.Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Vishnu Pazhanganat, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. K.V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. K. Parameshara, Adv Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Ms. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv.

12 Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Mr. Jayanth Muthraj, Sr Adv Mr. V.P. Seemanthini, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv Mr. Devashish Bharuka. Adv Mr. Nikhil Goyal, Adv. Mr. Abraham C Mathews, Adv Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Mr. Santhosh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Mr. Kunal Rawat, Adv. Ms. Radhika Maharwal, Adv. Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mueed Shah, Adv. Mr. Ankit Acharya, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Ms. Manu E.George, Adv. Mr. B.D. Das, Adv. Mr. K.M. Vignesh Ram, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Ms. Akriti Seth, Adv. Mr. Nasib, Adv. Mr. Renjith, Adv. Mr. Shashank Shekhar,Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr.Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms.Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr.Aditya Dhawan, Adv Ms.Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Ms. Madhvi S. Sawant, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Deepti S. Rane, Adv. Mr. Subhash S. Kadam, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR

13 Ms. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Manoj Pandey Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra AOR Mr. Debabrata Dash Adv Mr. Niranjan Sahu Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Nayak Adv Ms. Kanika Chug Adv. Mr. Manoj Pandey Adv. Mr. Satish Bhargawa, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Nayak, Adv. Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Mohan Lal Sharma, AOR Ms. Shikha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Arun Singh, Adv. Mr. Surjya Narayana Patro, Adv. Mr. Y. Lokesh, Adv. Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrender Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr Yogesh, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataraman, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr.Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Singh, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Khurana, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Ranvir Singh Chhiller, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ikshit Singhal, Adv. Mr. Vipin Sandu, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Jugtawat, Adv.

14 Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR Mr. Rajiv Kumar, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard in-part. For further hearing, list these matters on 10.08.2022. (INDU MARWAH) (ANITA RANI AHUJA) COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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6 W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 498/2022 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.92716/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 04-08-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA For Parties : Mr. K.K Venugopal, AG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. K.K Venugopal, AG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Ms. Sujatha Bagadia, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R.Balasubramanian, Sr.Adv. Mr. Siddharth, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Ms. Janhvi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. Tathagat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shivam Singhania, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Nring Chamwibo Zeliang, Adv. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR

7 Mr.Kartik Dey, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. C.U. Singh, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv.                      Ms. Sonia Nigam, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham, Adv. Mr. Audhinder Lal, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Venkatramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Soumya Chakraborty,Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Adv.

8 Mr. R. Basant, Sr.Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Vishnu Pazhanganat, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. A.N. S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhri, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, Adv Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Jayanth Muthraj, Sr.Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Abraham C. Mathews, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Ms. V.P. Seemanthini, Sr.Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv.

9 Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Ms. Urvashi Sharma, Adv. Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Mr. Vedavalli Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Neeleshwar Pavani, Adv. Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR. Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhari, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey AOR Mr. Sujit KumarJha, adv. Mr. Grijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv. Mr. Uday Prakas, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey AOR Mr. Girijesh Pandey Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv. Mr. Kafeel Ahmad Adv Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Alapana Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Ajay Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv Mr. Somanath Padhan, AOR Mr. Neelmani Pant, Adv. Ms. Sukhada Kakade Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv Mr. Anand Varma, AOR

10 Ms. Apoorva Pandey, Adv. Ms. Adyasha Nanda, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Binisa Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Korada Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Gopi Krishna, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Rangasharan Mohan, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Mr. S.S. Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Dr. Shakeelazama Ansari, Adv. Mr. Syed Rehan, Adv. Mr. Aryan P. Nanda, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Nikhil Goyal, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Suyash Jain, Adv. Mr. K. Paarivendhan, AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mrs. Paramjeet Benipal, adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR Mr. Praveen Kr. Singh, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR

11 Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Dishant Bhati, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Mr. MG Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Ms. Priti, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Adv. Ms. Anupriya, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Abhiram Naik, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr Tabrez Malawat, Adv: Mr Syed Hamza, Adv Mr N D Kaushik, Adv Mr Abhaya Nath Das, Adv Mr V K Shukla, Adv Mr S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv Mr Rahul Gupta, Adv Mr Shashank Sharma, Adv Ms Riya Soni, Adv Mr. Satish Kumar,AOR Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, AOR Mr. Abhijeet Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. K.C. Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Bhuvneshwari Pathak,Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR

12 Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Vijayan K., Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR Mr. B. Paramesh, Adv. Mr. Sarbendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Onkar Singh, Adv. Mr. Vimal Johnson Kerketta, Adv. Ms. Neha Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Monika, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.J. Adv. Ms. Meena K. Poulose, Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. Mr.Tavinderpal Singh Sidhu, Adv. M/s M.V.Kini & Associates, AOR Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. M/s M.V.Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Puspita Basak, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Raghuvendra Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Kisalaya Shukla, Adv. Ms. Purnima Jain, Adv Mr. Vaibhav Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Awadhesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. K.V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv

13 Mr. K.V. Mohan, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. K. Parameshara, Adv Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Ms. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv. Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Mr. Jayanth Muthraj, Sr Adv Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv Mr. Devashish Bharuka. Adv Mr. Abraham C Mathews, Adv Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Mr. Santhosh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Abraham C. Mathews, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mr. Kunal Rawat, Adv. Ms. Radhika Maharwal, Adv. Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mueed Shah, Adv. Mr. Ankit Acharya, AOR Mr. S. Rajappa, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Km. Vignesh Ram, Adv.

14 Ms. Akriti Seth, Adv. Mr. Nasib, Adv. Mr. Presely Mark, Adv. Mr. Renjith, Adv. Mr. Shashank Shekhar,Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr.Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms.Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr.Aditya Dhawan, Adv Ms.Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Ms. Madhvi S. Sawant, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Deepti S. Rane, Adv. Mr. Subhash S. Kadam, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Ms. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Manoj Pandey Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra AOR Mr. Debabrata Dash Adv Mr. Niranjan Sahu Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Nayak Adv Ms. Kanika Chug Adv. Mr. Manoj Pandey Adv. Mr. Satish Bhargawa, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Nayak, Adv. Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Mohan Lal Sharma, AOR Ms. Shikha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Rajiv Kumar, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR

15 M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. R. Venkataraman, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr.Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Singh, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Khurana, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Chitvan, Adv. Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR

16 Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard in-part. For further hearing, list these matters on 05.08.2022 at 2.00P.M. before a Special Bench comprising of Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Hon'ble Mr.Justice Aniruddha Bose and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia (INDU MARWAH) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER

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6 W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 498/2022 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.92716/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 03-08-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA For Parties Mr. K.K Venugopal, AG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Sujatha Bagadhi,Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R.Balasubramanian, Sr.Adv. Mr. Siddharth, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Ms. Janhvi Prakash, Adv. Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Tathagat Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Nring Chamwibo Zeliang, Adv. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. C.U. Singh, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv.

7                      Ms. Sonia Nigam, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham, Adv. Mr. Audhinder Lal, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Soumya Chakraborty,Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. R. Basant, Sr.Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Vishnu Pazhanganat, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. A.N. S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Taniya Srivastava, Adv Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv.

8 Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Jayanth Muthraj, Sr.Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Abraham C. Mathews, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Ms. V.P. Seemanthini, Sr.Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR. Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhari, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey AOR Mr. Girijesh Pandey Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv. Mr. Kafeel Ahmad Adv Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Alapana Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Ajay Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv Mr. Somanath Padhan, AOR Ms. Sukhada Kakade

9 Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Adyasha Nanda, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Binisa Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Korada Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Gopi Krishna, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Rangasharan Mohan, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Mr. S.S. Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. D.S. Mishra, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Dr. Shakeelazama Ansari, Adv. Mr. Syed Rehan, Adv. Mr. H.R. Khan, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Nikhil Goyal, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Suyash Jain, Adv. Ms. Saloni Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Zeesan Ali, Adv. Mr. K. Paarivendhan, AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mrs. Paramjeet Benipal, adv.

10 Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR Mr. Praveen Kr. Singh, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Dishant Bhati, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Mr. MG Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Abhiram Naik, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr Tabrez Malawat, Adv: Mr Syed Hamza, Adv Mr N D Kaushik, Adv Mr Abhaya Nath Das, Adv Mr V K Shukla, Adv Mr S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv Mr Rahul Gupta, Adv Mr Shashank Sharma, Adv Ms Riya Soni, Adv Mr. Satish Kumar,AOR Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, AOR Mr. Abhijeet Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Bhuvneshwari Pathak,Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv.

11 Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Vijayan K., Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR Ms. Monika, Adv. Mr. Roopam Rai, Adv. Mr. Shyam Sundar Rai, Adv. Mr. B. Paramesh, Adv. Mr. Vimal Johnson Kerketta, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.J. Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. Mr.Tavinderpal Singh Sidhu, Adv. M/s M.V.Kini & Associates, AOR Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. M/s M.V.Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. M. Giresh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Puspita Basak, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Raghuvendra Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Mohit Chandras, Adv. Mr. Kisalaya Shukla, Adv. Ms. Purnima Jain, Adv Mr. Vishweshewer Mishra, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. K.V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Adv.

12 Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv Mr. K.V. Mohan, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. K. Parameshara, Adv Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Mr. Santhosh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Sriram P., Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Abraham C. Mathews, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mr. Kunal Rawat, Adv. Ms. Radhika Maharwal, Adv. Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ankit Acharya, AOR Mr. S. Rajappa, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Vedavalli Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR

13 Mr. Shashank Shekhar,Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr.Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms.Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr.Aditya Dhawan, Adv Ms.Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Ms. Madhvi S. Sawant, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Ms. Deepti S. Rane, Adv. Mr. Subhash S. Kadam, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Ms. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR

14 Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard in-part. For further hearing, list these matters on 04 th August, 2022. (NEETU KHAJURIA) (VIRENDER SINGH) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER

1 ITEM NO.1 COURT NO.2 SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal(C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) (IA No.94985/2021 – FOR APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION; IA No.43083/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION; IA No.41103/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION; IA No.93694/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION; IA No. 92529/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION; IA No.27950/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION /IMPLEADMENT; IA No.44916/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA No.25768/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT; IA No.42841/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT; IA No.42760/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION /IMPLEADMENT; IA No.99778/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA No.41095/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA No.39304/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT; IA No.29847/2021 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT AND IA No.99909/2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES) WITH SLP(C) No.16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (IA No. 43510/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 43501/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.318/2022 (X) (IA No.66452/2022-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 66452/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 66451/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.1218/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No.1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No.3289/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10606/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11707/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No.1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A)

2 (IA No.85695/2019 - FOR DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT; IA No.147085/2018 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. AND IA No. 147082/ 2018 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No.1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.832/2019 (X) (IA No. 98935/2020 - FOR EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.601/2019 (X) (IA No. 73827/2019 - FOR EX-PARTE STAY) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 619-620/2019 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) W.P.(C) No.500/2019 (X) (IA No.62534/2019 - FOR EX-PARTE STAY; IA No.86926/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT AND IA No. 86923/2019 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No.512/2019 (X) (IA No. 92886/2019 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.86/2021 (X) SLP(C) No.3287/2021 (XV) (IA No.10568/2021- FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11699/2021- FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS /FACTS /ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV) (IA No.40330/2021 - FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION; IA No. 69729/ 2021 - FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION; IA No. 39682/2021 - FOR APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION; IA No.69732/2021 - FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; IA No.69717/2021 - FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS /DIRECTIONS; IA No.76487/2021 - FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; IA No. 49239/2021 - FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; IA No. 40085/2021 - FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION; IA No. 39672/2021 - FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION; IA No.40332/2021 - FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN.; IA No.70979/2021 - FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN.; IA No. 12234 / 2021 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT;IA No. 40084/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION; IA No.69726/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION; IA No.69714/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION; IA No. 39667/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION; IA No.76485/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION; IA No.49234/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION; IA No.12486/2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; IA No.12233/2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES AND IA No.70981/2021 - FOR

3 SETTING ASIDE AN ABATEMENT) W.P.(C) No.1356/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.163993/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.1379/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.167893/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.767/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.80978/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.80976/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.80977/2021-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No.477/2021 (X) SLP(C) No.8547/2021 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.74627/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.74628/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No.414/2021 (X) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 (XIV) IA No. 8907/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 6618/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 6619/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 6620/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 6621/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 (XIV) IA No. 9495/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 43588/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12062/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9494/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 (XV) IA No. 16619/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 11703/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9097/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) IA No. 51450/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 51446/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X)

4 IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.134289/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No.3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12571/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12572/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) IA No. 12492/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12575/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No.349/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.360/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) IA No.26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

5 W.P.(C) No.466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.269/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.327/2019 (X) IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.352/2019 (X) IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.69/2018 (X) IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No.884/2018 (X) IA No.170508/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No.146221/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.778/2018 (X) IA No. 69081/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170449/2018 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.874/2018 (X) IA No.44627/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.1149/2018 (X) IA No.117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No.144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No.1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 498/2022 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.92716/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 02-08-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM :

6 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA Counsel for the parties: Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Korada Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Gopi Krishna, Adv. Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Ld AG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, Ld ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, Ld ASG Mr. R. Balasubramaian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Zafar Mayas, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Rangasharan Mohan, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Mr. Bahar U. Barqi, Adv. Mr. D.S. Mishra, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv.

7 M/S. Legal Options, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhari, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Taniya Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Alapana Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ajay Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv. Mr. Kafeel Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Ms. Sukhada Kakade, Adv. Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Apoorva Pandey, Adv. Ms. Adyasha Nanda, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Ravi Prakash Chandra, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Vanivyas, Adv. Mr. Sagar Kumar, Adv. Mr. Maneesh Kumar Saxena, Adv.

8 Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR Ms. Binisa Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Vimal Sinha, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankar Narayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. Jayanth Muthraj, Sr. Adv. Mr. V.P. Seemanthini, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Syed Rehan, Adv. Mr. Ajay Amrit Raj, Adv. Mr. Bheem Singh, Adv. Mr. Shakeelazama Ansari, Adv. Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv. Mr. Harsh Nandwana, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Jitender Singh, Adv. Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv. Mrs. Meenu Singh, Adv. Mr. Dhiraj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Niranjan Sahu, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Ku Naya K, Adv. Mr. Manoj Pandey, Adv. Mr. Debabrata Dash, Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mrs. Paramjeet Benipal, adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR

9 Mr. Praveen Kr. Singh, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. B. Paramesh, Adv. Mr. Y.K. Prasad, Adv. Ms. Parul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Abhiram Naik, Adv. Mr. Ishan Jagare, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. Syed Hamza, Adv. Mr. N D Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv. Mr. V K Shukla, Adv. Mr. S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shsashank Sharma, Adv. Ms. Riya Soni, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Mr. MG Gulam Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Mohit Bidhuri, Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Ms. Priti, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, AOR Mr. Abhijeet Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR

10 Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Vijayan K., Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR Mr. Roopam Rai, Adv. Mr. Shyam Sundar Rai, Adv. Ms. Monika, Adv. Mr. Sarbendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vimal Johnson Kerketta, Adv. Mr. B. Paramesh, Adv. Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.J. Adv. Ms. Meena K. Paulose, Adv. Ms. Neetika Sharma, Adv. Mr. T.S. Sidhu, Adv. M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Santhosh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Vedavalli Kumar, Adv.

11 Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Kunal Rawat, Adv. Ms. Radhika Maharwal, Adv. Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ankit Acharya, AOR Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. KM Vignesh Ram, Adv. Ms. Akriti Seth, Adv. Mr. Renjith v. Philip, Adv. Mr. Nasib Masih, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. A.N. S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Awadhesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raghuvendra Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Vishweshewer Mishra, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar D.S, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Raga Saran Mohan, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. C.U. Singh, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv.                        Ms. Sonia Nigam, Adv.  Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. M. Giresh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR

12 Ms. Puspita Basak, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. K.V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Vishnu Pazhanganat, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Abraham, Adv. Mr. Audhinder Lal, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Ms. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Ms. Amita, Adv. Mr. amar Kumar Raizada, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Trilok Nath Saxena, Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kr Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Ms. Sushma Vyas, Adv. Mr. K.K Venugopal, Ld AG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, Ld ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, Ld ASG Mr. R. Bala, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, Adv. Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv.

13 Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. K. Paarivendhan, AOR Ms. Madhvi S. Sawant, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Subhash S. Kadam, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List as part-heard on 03.08.2022. (INDU MARWAH) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.18 COURT NO.15 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 498/2022 RAJASTHAN RAJYA BUNKAR SAHAKARI SANGH EMPLOYEES UNION Petitioner(s) VERSUS THE COMMISSIONER, EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.92716/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ) Date : 22-07-2022 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA For Petitioner(s) Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr Adv M r. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Kamal Kr. Pandey, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag along with SLP (Civil) Nos.8658-8659 of 2019. (Geeta Ahuja) (Anju Kapoor) Assistant Registrar-cum-PS Court Master

1 ITEM NO.41 COURT NO.2 SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos.8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) ([IA-43501/21 AND IA-43510/21 IN SC-16721-22/19 ) IA No. 94985/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 92529/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 43083/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 41103/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 93694/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 29847/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 27950/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 44916/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 25768/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 42841/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 42760/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 99778/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 41095/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 39304/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 99909/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) WITH SLP(C) No. 16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (IA No. 43510/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 43501/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 318/2022 (X) (IA No. 66452/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 66451/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1218/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 3289/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10606/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11707/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE

2 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No.1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) IA No. 85695/2019 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 147085/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 147082/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 832/2019 (X) (IA No. 98935/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 601/2019 (X) (IA No. 73827/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 619-620/2019 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) (IA No. 62534/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 86926/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 86923/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 512/2019 (X) (IA No. 92886/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 3287/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10568/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11699/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV) IA No. 40330/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69729/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 39682/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69732/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 69717/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 76487/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 49239/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 40085/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 39672/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 40332/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION

3 APPLN. IA No. 70979/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. IA No. 12234/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 49234/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 40084/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69726/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69714/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 39667/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 76485/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 12486/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12233/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES IA No. 70981/2021 - SETTING ASIDE AN ABATEMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1356/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.163993/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1379/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.167893/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 767/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.80978/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.80976/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.80977/2021-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 477/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 8547/2021 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.74627/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.74628/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No. 414/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 (XIV) (IA No. 8907/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 6618/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 6619/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 6620/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 6621/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 9495/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 12062/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 43588/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL

4 DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9494/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 (XV) (IA No. 16619/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 11703/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9097/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) (IA No. 51450/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 51446/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X) (IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.134289/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12571/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12572/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 12492/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12575/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) (IA No. 26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X)

5 W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (X) (IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (X) IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X) IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (IA No. 170508/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146221/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) (IA No. 69081/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170449/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) (IA No. 44627/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) (IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X)

6 W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) Date : 12-07-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA For Petitioner(s) Mr. KK Venugopal, Ld. AG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Bala, Adv. Mr. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mrs. Rani Chhabra, AOR Ms. Binisa Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Zafar Shyat, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Karada Pramad Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Gopikrishna, Adv. Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR

7 Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. Ashwin Kumar D.S., Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Rangasaran Mohan, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. Ms. Smriti Nair, Adv. Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv. Mr. K. Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Apoorva Pandey, Adv. Ms. Adyasha Nanda, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Ajay Chandera, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrender Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Saxena, Adv. Mr. Maneesh Saxena, Adv. Mr. Trilok Nath Saxena, Adv. Mr. Sagar Kumar, Adv. Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Ms. Sushma Singh, Adv.

8 Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Kajal Rani, Adv. Mr. Amar Kumar Raizada, Adv. Ms. Amita, Adv. Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Petitioner-in-person Mr. Pranesh, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Shukla, Adv. Ms. Shivani Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram, Adv. Ms. Seemandhni, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Santosh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alum Anvar, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Dr. M.K. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Tejendra singh, Adv. Mr. Niranjan Sahu, Adv. Mr. Umakant Misra, Adv M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR

9 M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Parul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Dishant Bhati, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Ms. Priti, Adv. Mr. Manmohan singh Narula, Adv. Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. V.K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. S.S. Bandhopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shsashank Sharma, Adv. Ms. Riya Soni, Adv. Ms. Beena, Adv. Ms. Arina Bhattacharjee, Adv. Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv: Mr. Syed Hamza, Adv Mr. N D Kaushik, Adv Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Md. Gulam Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K., Adv. Mr. Narendra Mohanrajesh, Adv. Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Aayush Mitruka, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR

10 Mr. Punit Dutt Tyagi, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv. Ms. Vrinda Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. R.K.Kapoor , Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Anurag Kr. Singh, Adv. Ms. Debasmita Goswami, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseeh V.T., Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Ms. Supriya R. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vivek Sharma, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Ms. Samriti Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Ms. Akriti Seth, Adv. Mr. K.M. Vignesh Ram, Adv. Mr. Renjith V. Philip, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Pratal Pratap Singh, Adv.

11 Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Jhanvi Dubey, Adv. Mr. Neeraj chaudhari, Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Kylashanatha Pilay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Puspita Basak, Adv. Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. Vishnu P., Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mrs. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR Mr. Praveen Kr. Singh, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna & co. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Suyash Jain, Adv. Ms. Saloni Bhandari, Adv. Mr. K. Paarivendhan, AOR Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhiram Naik, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, Adv. Mrs. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv.

12 Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, Adv. Ms. Radhika Maharwal, Adv. Mr. Mueed Shah, Adv. Mr. Ankit Acharya, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. INTERVENOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thanwani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, Adv. Mr. Pratul Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Mantavya Sharma, Adv. IMPLEADERS Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. LEGAL OPTIONS Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Mr. Debottam Bose, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List the entire bunch of these matters before a Bench of which Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat is not a member. For placing the matter before the another Bench of three

13 Judges of this, List for direction before the appropriate Court as first Item on Board on 15.07.2022. (INDU MARWAH) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER

1 ITEM NO.13 COURT NO.2 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.318/2022 NALIN MOHAN MATHUR Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION; IA No.66451/2022 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.; and, IA No.66452/2022 – FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) Date : 06-05-2022 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA For Petitioner(s) Ms. Binisa Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Sinha, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R The instant matter raises similar issues as were dealt with by this Court in referral order dated 24.08.2021 passed in SLP (Civil) Nos.8658-8659 of 2019 and other connected matters. The entire bunch of matters has been referred to a Bench of three-Judges of this Court. Heard Ms. Binisa Mohanty, learned Advocate in support of the petition. Liberty is granted to amend the writ petition. Issue notice, returnable on 12.07.2022.

2 Dasti service, in addition, is permitted. Liberty is granted to serve the learned Advocate who had entered appearance on behalf of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation in the matters dealt with by the referral order. List the matter alongwith Special Leave Petition (Civil) Nos.8658-8659 of 2019 and other connected matters, before the appropriate Court after seeking requisite directions from the Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India. Pending further consideration, the effect and operation of the communication dated 28.12.2021 (Annexure ‘P-1’ to the present petition) shall remain stayed. (MUKESH NASA) (PREETHI T.C.) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.14 COURT NO.2 SECTION X (HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.1356/2021 VIJAY PAL SINGH & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.163993/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) WITH W.P.(C) No.1379/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.167893/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 06-01-2022 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY For Petitioner(s) Ms. Rani Chhabra, AOR Mr. Ish Karan Singh Chhabra, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List these Writ Petitions alongwith SLP (Civil) Nos.8658-8659 of 2019 in the first week of March 2021 before the appropriate Court after seeking requisite directions from the Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India. (MUKESH NASA) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

1 ITEM NO.1 Court 2 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) (IA No. 94985/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 93694/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 92529/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 41103/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 27950/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 25768/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 42841/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 42760/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 41095/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 39304/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 29847/2021 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) WITH W.P.(C) No. 767/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.80978/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.80976/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.80977/2021-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) SLP(C) No. 3289/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10606/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11707/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No.1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (IA No. 85695/2019 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 147085/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 147082/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X)

2 W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) (IA No. 51450/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 51446/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X) (IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (X) (IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (FOR IA No. 42543/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 42696/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 43510/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 6498/2021 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 50857/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 21011/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 28357/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 109139/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 26296/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 109137/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 26215/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 25067/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 41820/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 24907/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 28394/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 22588/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 28391/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 28387/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 43526/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 26956/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 42704/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 6497/2021 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) W.P.(C) No. 512/2019 (X) (IA No. 92886/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

3 W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) (IA No. 62534/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 86926/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 86923/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No.619-620/2019 in C.A. No.10013-10014/2016(XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 601/2019 (X) (IA No. 73827/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 832/2019 (X) (IA No. 98935/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 (XV) (IA No. 16619/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 11703/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9097/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 3287/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10568/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11699/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 (XIV) (IA No. 8907/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 6618/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 6619/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 6620/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 6621/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1218/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 9495/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 43588/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12062/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9494/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.134289/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

4 W.P.(C) No. 1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12571/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12572/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 12492/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12575/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 40330/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69729/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 39682/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69732/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 69717/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 76487/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 49239/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 40085/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 39672/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 40332/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. IA No. 70979/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. IA No. 12234/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 40084/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69726/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69714/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 39667/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 76485/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 49234/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 12486/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12233/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES IA No. 70981/2021 - SETTING ASIDE AN ABATEMENT) W.P.(C) No. 414/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) W.P.(C) No. 477/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 8547/2021 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.74627/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.74628/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT)

5 W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X) (IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) (IA No. 26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (IA No. 170508/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146221/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) (IA No. 69081/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170449/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) (IA No. 44627/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) (IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X)

6 W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (X) (IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) Date : 24-08-2021 These matters were called on for pronouncement of order today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI For Parties: Mr. K. K. Venugopal, AG Mr. Vikaramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. R. Bala Subramanian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. SUVESH KUMAR, Adv. Mr. C. Aryama Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Raghav Tankha, Adv. Mr. Amit Bhandari (Advocate) Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi (AOR) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh (Advocate) Ms. V. P. Seemanthini, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Reenu, Adv. Mr. R Venkataramani Sr.Adv Mr Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr Aftab Ali Khan, AOR

7 Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Dr.K.P.Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr.Advocate, Mr.A.Venayagam Balan, AOR, Mr.Mahesh Menon, Advocate Mr. C. Aryama Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Jamshed Pesi Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Ms. Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. A. N. S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Advocate Ms. Shruti Jose, Advocate Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr.Adv. Mr.RohanThawani(Adv.) Ms.PoojaDhar(Aor) Mr.IqramSingh(Adv.) Ms.AninditaMitra(Adv.) Dr. K. P. Kylashnatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Mr. R. Venkateramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv.

8 Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. P. N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv Ms. Reena Roy, Adv Ms. Samitharani, Adv. Ms. Samitharani M. R. Adv Mr. Akhil Abraham Adv Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Ms. Sujata Muni, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Adv. M r. Sachin Datta, Senior Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhari, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv.Mr. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. L. K. Paonam, Adv. Ms. Tomthinnaganbi Koijam, Adv. Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv.

9 Mr. Devashish Bharuka , Adv Mr. Mohammed Sadique, AOR Mr. Abraham Mathews, Adv. Mr. Santhosh Krishnan , Adv Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. N.M. Varghese, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique, AOR Mr. Abraham Mathews, Adv. Mr. Punit D. Tyagi, AOR Mr. Ankit Parhar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Thyagarajan, Adv. Ms. Rashi Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Anand, Adv. M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. lqram Govind Singh, Adv. Mr. Kushal Daga, Adv. Mr. Girish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv. Mr. R.R.Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Debarati Sadhu, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR

10 Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Mr. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. M r. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Swetab Kumar, Advocate Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Astha Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. K. Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv. Md. Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Aamir Naseem, Adv. Mr. Firoz Shaikh, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti , Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, Aor Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv Mr. Harsh Nandwana, Adv Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Meenu Singh, Adv Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv Mr. Kamla Prasad, Adv Mr. Hem Kumar, Adv Ms. Shweta Sinha, Adv

11 Ms. Bharti Tyagi. AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Mr. Avneeshf Arputham, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Advocate. Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Kapil Raghav, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Ms. Smriti Nair, Adv. M/S.Khaitan & Co., AOR Ms. Mahalakshmi Pavani (Sr. Adv) Mr. A rdhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Meenesh Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan (Senior Advocate) Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi (AOR) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh (Advocate) Mr. Abhishek Tripathi (Advocate) Ms. Vani Vyas (Advocate) Mr. Rajiv Kumar (Advocate) Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. S P M Tripathi, Adv. Mr. V. K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sugam Mishra, Adv. Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv. Ms. Sangeetha M R, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. MD .Ghulam Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K, Adv. Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Law, Adv.

12 Mr. Ashish Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S.Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Ms. Mehak Kanwar, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. A. P. Singh, Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. M/S.M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Ms. Sheetal Rajput, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Manoj V George, Adv. Mr. Km Vignesh Ram, Advocate Mr. Philomena Thomas,Adv. Ms. Bhavika, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwiwedi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwiwedi, Adv. Mr. Satyam Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ram Anugrah Singh, Adv. Mr. Ramesh Vasishtha, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Manoj Pandey, Adv

13 Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Atanu Saikia Advocate Mr. Siddharth,, Adv. Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Mrs.Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Hon’ble Mr.Justice Uday Umesh Lalit pronounced the order of the Bench comprising His Lordship and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi In terms of the order pronounced, the Registry is directed to place these matters before the Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India for requisite directions so that these matters can be placed before a larger Bench. (INDU MARWAH) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER (SIGNED ORDER IS PLACED ON THE FILE)

1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION/ INHERENT JURISDICTION SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NOS.8658-8659 OF 2019 The Employees Provident Fund Organisation & Etc. …. Appellant(s) Versus Sunil Kumar B. & Etc. ….. Respondent(s) WITH W.P. (C) No.767/2021; SLP (C) No.3289/2021; CONMT. PET.(C) Nos.1917- 1918/2018 IN C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016; W.P. (C) No.406/2018; W.P. (C) No.368/2018; W.P. (C) No.393/2018; W.P. (C) No.395/2018; W.P. (C) No.374/2018; W.P. (C) No.372/2018; W.P. (C) No.385/2018; W.P. (C) No.360/2018; W.P. (C) No.1134/2018; W.P. (C) No.390/2019; W.P. (C) No.875/2019; W.P. (C) No.349/2019; W.P. (C) No.466/2019; W.P. (C) No.352/2019, SLP (C) Nos.16721-16722/2019, W.P. (C) NO.512/2019, W.P. (C) NO.511/2019, W.P.(C) NO.500/2019, CONTMT.PET(C)NOs.619- 620/2019 IN C.A. NOs.10013-10014/2016, W.P.(C) NO.601/2019, W.P.(C) No.1312/2019, W.P.(C) No.832/2019, SLP(C) NO.2465/2021, SLP(C)NO.3287/2021, DIARY NO.46219/2019, W.P.(C) No.1218/2020, SLP(C)NO.1366/2021, W.P.(C) No.1459/2020, W.P.(C) No.1332/2020, SLP(C) NO.3290/2021, W.P.(C) No.86/2021, SLP(C) NO.1738/2021, SLP(C) No.1701/2021, W.P.(C) No.414/2021, W.P.(C) No.477/2021, SLP(C) NO.8547/2021, W.P.(C) No.233/2018, W.P.(C) No.69/2018, W.P.(C) No.141/2018, W.P.(C) No.118/2018, W.P.(C) No.250/2018, W.P.(C) No.380/2018, W.P.(C) No.371/2018, W.P.(C) No.367/2018, W.P.(C) No.369/2018, W.P.(C) No.411/2018, W.P.(C) No.466/2018, W.P.(C) No.804/2018, W.P.(C) No.594/2018, W.P.(C) No.884/2018, W.P.(C) No.778/2018, W.P.(C) No.874/2018, W.P.(C) No.1149/2018, W.P.(C) No.1167/2018, W.P.(C) No.1430/2018, W.P.(C) No.1433/2018, W.P.(C) No.1428/2018, W.P.(C) No.269/2019 and W.P.(C) No.327/2019, O R D E R

2 1. By Order dated 25.02.2021 these matters were broadly divided in four categories with lead matters being:- “(i) SLP (C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019, 16721-16722/2019 [arising from the judgment dated 12.10.2018 passed by the High Court of Kerala]; (ii) SLP(C) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 [arising from the judgment dated 22.5.2019 passed by the High Court of Delhi] along with connected matter being SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 [arising from the judgment dated 16.12.2019 passed by the High Court of Delhi]; (iii) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 [arising from judgment dated 28.08.2019 passed by the High Court of Rajasthan, Jaipur]; and (iv) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No. 10013- 10014/2016 [seeking implementation of the order dated 04.10.2016 passed by this Court in C.A.No.10013/201 : R.C. Gupta & Ors. Etc. etc. vs. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner Employees Provident Fund Organization & Ors. Etc. 1 ] …...” 2. SLP (C) Nos.8658 – 59 of 2019 challenging the Judgment and order dated 12.10.2018 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala in Writ Petition (C) Nos.602/2015 and 13120/2015 were initially dismissed by this Court on 01.04.2019. Thereafter, SLP (C) Nos. 16721-22/2019 at the instance of Union of India challenging the very same judgment dated 12.10.2018 came up before this Court on 12.07.2019. While condoning the delay in preferring said SLPs, this Court directed that said SLPs be listed along with Review 1

(2018) 4 SCC 809

3 Petition (C) Nos.1430-31/2019 (which had since then been preferred against the order dated 01.04.2019 in SLP(C) Nos.8658-59/2019) in open Court. 3. When both sets of matters were listed before this Court on 29.01.2021, the submissions on behalf of the petitioners were noted as under:- “Mr. C.A. Sundaram, learned Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioners in said Review Petitions invited our attention to the order dated 21.12.2020 passed by another Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala by which the correctness of the earlier decision dated 12.10.2018 was doubted and the matter was referred to Full Bench of the High Court. Mr. Sundaram, also invited our attention to the decision of this Court in M/s Pawan Hans Ltd. & Ors. vs. Aviation Karmachari Sanghatana & Ors [2020(2)SCALE 194 2 ] and specially paragraph 6.6 of the decision. It was submitted that as a result of the directions issued by the High Court in its order dated 12.10.2018, benefit would get conferred upon employees retrospectively which, in turn, would create great imbalance.” 4. Thereafter, this Court recalled the order dismissing SLP (C) Nos.8658-8659 of 2019 and the entire bunch of matters was directed to be listed for disposal. 5. It may be noted here that the Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala in its order dated 12.10.2018 had relied upon the decision of two Judges of this Court in R.C. Gupta 1 . Said decision had set aside the 2

Also reported : (2020) 13 SCC 506

4 judgment and order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh in LPA Nos.411-12 of 2012 which had inter alia accepted the submission that under the proviso to Clause 11(3) of the Employees’ Pension Scheme there was a cut-off date. Paragraphs 7, 9 and 10 of the decision in R.C. Gupta 1 were as under:- “ 7. Reading the proviso, we find that the reference to the date of commencement of the Scheme or the date on which the salary exceeds the ceiling limit are dates from which the option exercised are to be reckoned with for calculation of pensionable salary. The said dates are not cut-off dates to determine the eligibility of the employer-employee to indicate their option under the proviso to Clause 11(3) of the Pension Scheme. A somewhat similar view that has been taken by this Court in a matter coming from the Kerala High Court 3 , wherein Special Leave Petition (C) No. 7074 of 2014 filed by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner was rejected by this Court by order dated 31-3-2016 4 . A beneficial scheme, in our considered view, ought not to be allowed to be defeated by reference to a cut-off date, particularly, in a situation where (as in the present case) the employer had deposited 12% of the actual salary and not 12% of the ceiling limit of Rs 5000 or Rs 6500 per month, as the case may be. …. …. …. 9. We do not see how exercise of option under Para 26 of the Provident Fund Scheme can be construed to estop the employees from exercising a similar option under Para 11(3). If both the employer and the employee opt for deposit against the actual salary and not the ceiling amount, exercise of option under Para 26 of the Provident Scheme 3

Union of India v. A. Majeed Kunju, Writ Appeal No.1135 of 2012, order dated 5-3- 2013 (Ker) 4

Reg. Provident Fund Commr. v. A. Majeed Kunju, 2016 SCC OnLine SC 1744, wherein it was directed: “SLPs (C) Nos.7074-76, 7107-108, 7224 of 2014 and 697 of 2016. Heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the relevant material. We do not find any legal and valid ground for interference. The special leave petitions are dismissed. SLPs (C) Nos.19954 and 33032-33 of 2015. List these special leave petitions on 26-4-2016. As prayed for, liberty is granted to file additional documents.”

5 is inevitable. Exercise of the option under Para 26(6) is a necessary precursor to the exercise of option under Clause 11(3). Exercise of such option, therefore, would not foreclose the exercise of a further option under Clause 11(3) of the Pension Scheme unless the circumstances warranting such foreclosure are clearly indicated. 10. The above apart in a situation where the deposit of the employer’s share at 12% has been on the actual salary and not the ceiling amount, we do not see how the Provident Fund Commissioner could have been aggrieved to file the LPA before the Division Bench of the High Court. All that the Provident Fund Commissioner is required to do in the case is an adjustment of accounts which in turn would have benefited some of the employees. At best what the Provident Commissioner could do and which we permit him to do under the present order is to seek a return of all such amounts that the employees concerned may have taken or withdrawn from their provident fund account before granting them the benefit of the proviso to Clause 11(3) of the Pension Scheme. Once such a return is made in whichever cases such return is due, consequential benefits in terms of this order will be granted to the said employees.” 6. Relying on the decision in R.C. Gupta 1, the Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala made following observations in the judgment which is under challenge in matters of the first category: - “32. The Apex Court has thus found the insistence on a date for exercise of the joint option to be without any justification. In other words, the proviso to paragraph 11 of the Pension Scheme does not stipulate a cut off date at all. Any such stipulation of a cut-off date for conferring benefits under the Pension Scheme would have the effect of classifying the employees into persons who have retired before or after the said date”

6 6.1 The Division Bench of the High Court then found that the effect of the amendment to the Pension Scheme created following classes of pensioners on the basis of the date namely 01.09.2014: - “(i) employees who have exercised option under the proviso to paragraph 11(3) of the 1995 Scheme and continuing in service as on 01.09.2014; (ii) employees who have not exercised their option under the proviso to paragraph 11(3) of the 1995 Scheme, and continuing in service as on 01.09.2014; (iii) employees who have retired prior to 01.09.2014 without exercising an option under paragraph 11(3) of the 1995 Scheme. (iv) employees who have retired prior to 01.09.2014 after exercising the option under paragraph 1193) of 1995 Scheme.” 6.2 The amendments to the Pension Scheme were therefore found to be arbitrary and the Writ Petitions were allowed with following directions: - “(i) The Employee’s Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014 brought into force by Notification No.GSR. 609€ dated 22.08.2014 evidenced by Ext.P8 in W.P.(C) No.13120 of 2015 is set aside; (ii) All consequential orders and proceedings issued by the Provident Fund authorities/respondents on the basis of the impugned amendments shall also stand set aside. (iii) The various proceedings issued by the Employees Provident Fund Organization declining to grant opportunities to the petitioners to exercise a joint option along with other employees to remit contributions to the Employees Pension Scheme on the basis of the actual salaries drawn by them are set aside. (iv) The employees shall be entitled to exercise the option stipulated by paragraph 26 of the EPF Scheme without being restricted in doing so by the insistence on a date.”

7 7. Challenging the view taken by the High Court Mr. C.A. Sundaram, learned Senior Advocate inter alia relied upon the decision of the Constitution Bench of this Court in Krishena Kumar Vs. Union of India 5 . Paragraphs 1 and 2 of said decision disclose that the petitioners in SLP (C) No.8461 of 1986 and in WP No.1165 of 1989 had retired with Provident Fund benefits and their claims to switch to pension scheme after retirement having been rejected, specific challenge was raised. In support of such challenge, reliance was placed on the decision of this Court in D.S. Nakara and Others vs. Union of India 6 . The challenge was rejected by the Constitution Bench with following observations: - “ 32. In Nakara 5 it was never held that both the pension retirees and the PF retirees formed a homogeneous class and that any further classification among them would be violative of Article 14. On the other hand the court clearly observed that it was not dealing with the problem of a “fund”. The Railway Contributory Provident Fund is by definition a fund. Besides, the government’s obligation towards an employee under CPF Scheme to give the matching contribution begins as soon as his account is opened and ends with his retirement when his rights qua the government in respect of the Provident Fund is finally crystallized and thereafter no statutory obligation continues. Whether there still remained a moral obligation is a different matter. On the other hand under the Pension Scheme the government’s obligation does not begin until the employee retires when only it begins and it continues till the death of the employee. Thus, on the retirement of an employee government’s legal obligation under the Provident Fund account ends while under the Pension Scheme it begins. The rules governing the Provident Fund and its contribution are entirely different from the rules governing pension. It would not, therefore, be reasonable to 5

(1990) 4 SCC 207 6

(1983) 1 SCC 305

8 argue that what is applicable to the pension retirees must also equally be applicable to PF retirees. This being the legal position the rights of each individual PF retiree finally crystallized on his retirement whereafter no continuing obligation remained while, on the other hand, as regard Pension retirees, the obligation continued till their death. The continuing obligation of the State in respect of pension retirees is adversely affected by fall in rupee value and rising prices which, considering the corpus already received by the PF retirees they would not be so adversely affected ipso facto. It cannot, therefore, be said that it was the ratio decidendi in Nakara 5 that the State’s obligation towards its PF retirees must be the same as that towards the pension retirees. An imaginary definition of obligation to include all the government retirees in a class was not decided and could not form the basis for any classification for the purpose of this case. Nakara 5 cannot, therefore, be an authority for this case.” 8. Mr. Sundaram relied upon the observations that Pension Retirees and Provident Fund Retirees did not form a homogeneous class and that the Rules governing the Provident Fund Scheme were entirely different from the Rules governing Pension Scheme. After inviting our attention to the various provisions of the Employees’ Pension Scheme, it was submitted that the difference between the Provident Fund Scheme on the one hand and the Pension Scheme on the other was well recognised. Under the former scheme, the contributions made by the employer and the employees during the employment of the employee would be made over to the employee along with interest accrued thereon at the time of his retirement. Thus, the obligation on the part of the operators of the Provident Fund Scheme would come to an end, after the

9 retirement of the employee; whereas the obligation under the Pension Scheme would begin when the employee retired. Under the former scheme, the liability was only to pay interest on the amount deposited and to make over the entire amount at the time of his retirement. On the contrary, in the latter scheme, it would be for the operators of the Pension Scheme to invest amount deposited in such a way that after the retirement of the concerned employee the invested amount would keep on giving sufficient returns so that the pension would be paid to the concerned employee not only during his life time but even to his family members after his death. If the option under paragraph 11(3) of the Scheme, was to be afforded well after the cut- off date, it would create great imbalance and would amount to cross- subsidization by those who were regularly contributing to the Pension Scheme in favour of those who come at a later point in time and walk away with all the advantages. It was submitted that the emphasis on investment of the amount in both the funds would qualitatively be of different dimension. The difference between two schemes which was fulcrum of the decision in Krishena Kumar 5 was not so noted in the subsequent decision in R.C. Gupta 1 . In his submission it would not be a mere adjustment of amount to transfer from one fund to another as stated in R.C. Gupta 1 and that the decision in R.C. Gupta 1 was required to be re-visited.

10 9. These, and the other submissions touching upon the applicability of the principle laid down in the decision in R.C. Gupta 1 go to the very root of the matter. Sitting in a Bench of two Judges it would not be appropriate for us to deal with said submissions. The logical course would be to refer all these matters to a Bench of at least three Judges so that appropriate decision can be arrived at. 10. The principal questions that arise for consideration are whether there would be a cut-off date under paragraph 11(3) of the Employees’ Pension Scheme and whether the decision in R.C. Gupta 1 would be the governing principle on the basis of which all these matters must be disposed of. 11. The Registry is, therefore, directed to place these matters before the Hon’ble the Chief Justice for requisite directions so that these matters can be placed before a larger Bench. ….…………………………………..J. (UDAY UMESH LALIT) ….…………………………………..J. (AJAY RASTOGI) New Delhi, August 24, 2021

1 ITEM NO.18 Court 2 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 8658- 8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10- 2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) (IA No. 94985/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 93694/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 92529/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 41103/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 27950/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 25768/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 42841/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 42760/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 41095/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 39304/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 29847/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) WITH SLP(C) No. 3289/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10606/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11707/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 767/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.80978/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.80976/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.80977/2021-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) (IA No. 26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X)

2 W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) (IA No. 51450/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 51446/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (IA No. 85695/2019 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 147085/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 147082/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X) (IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (X) (IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (X)

3 (IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (FOR IA No. 42543/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 42696/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 43510/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 6498/2021 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 50857/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 21011/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 28357/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 109139/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 26296/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 109137/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 26215/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 25067/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 41820/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 24907/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 28394/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 22588/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 28391/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 28387/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 43526/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 26956/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 42704/2021 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 6497/2021 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) W.P.(C) No. 512/2019 (X) (IA No. 92886/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) (IA No. 62534/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 86926/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 86923/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No.619-620/2019 in C.A. No.10013-10014/2016(XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 601/2019 (X) (IA No. 73827/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 832/2019 (X) (IA No. 98935/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 (XV) (IA No. 16619/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 11703/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES

4 IA No. 9097/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 3287/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10568/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11699/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 (XIV) (IA No. 8907/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 6618/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 6619/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 6620/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 6621/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1218/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 9495/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 43588/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12062/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9494/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.134289/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12571/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12572/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 12492/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12575/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 40330/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69729/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 39682/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69732/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 69717/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 76487/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS

5 IA No. 49239/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 40085/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 39672/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 40332/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. IA No. 70979/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. IA No. 12234/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 40084/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69726/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69714/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 39667/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 76485/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 49234/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 12486/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12233/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES IA No. 70981/2021 - SETTING ASIDE AN ABATEMENT) W.P.(C) No. 414/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) W.P.(C) No. 477/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 8547/2021 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.74627/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.74628/2021- EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X) (IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (IA No. 170508/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146221/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) (IA No. 69081/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170449/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X)

6 (IA No. 44627/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) (IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) Date : 18-08-2021These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI For Parties: Mr. K. K. Venugopal, AG Mr. Vikaramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. R. Bala Subramanian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. C. Aryama Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Raghav Tankha, Adv. Ms. V. P. Seemanthini, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Reenu, Adv. Mr. R Venkataramani Sr.Adv Mr Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr Aftab Ali Khan, AOR

7 Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Dr.K.P.Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr.Advocate, Mr.A.Venayagam Balan, AOR, Mr.Mahesh Menon, Advocate Mr. C. Aryama Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Jamshed Pesi Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Ms. Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. A. N. S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Dr. K. P. Kylashnatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Mr. R. Venkateramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. R. Basant, Senior Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR

8 Mr. P. N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv Ms. Reena Roy, Adv Ms. Samitharani, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Roy, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Ms. Sujata Muni, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Adv. M r. Sachin Datta, Senior Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhari, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. L. K. Paonam, Adv. Ms. Tomthinnaganbi Koijam, Adv. Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv. Mr. Santhosh Krishnan, Adv.

9 Mr. Mohammed Sadique, AOR Mr. Abraham Mathews, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. N.M. Varghese, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique, AOR Mr. Abraham Mathews, Adv. Mr. Punit D. Tyagi, AOR Mr. Ankit Parhar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Thyagarajan, Adv. Ms. Rashi Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Anand, Adv. M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. lqram Govind Singh, Adv. Mr. Kushal Daga, Adv. Mr. Girish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv. Mr. R.R.Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Debarati Sadhu, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR

10 Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Mr. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. M r. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Astha Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. K. Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv. Md. Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Aamir Naseem, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti , Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, Aor Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv Mr. Harsh Nandwana, Adv Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Jitender Singh, Adv Ms. Meenu Singh, Adv Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv Mr. Kamla Prasad, Adv Mr. Hem Kumar, Adv Ms. Shweta Sinha, Adv Ms. Bharti Tyagi. AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv.

11 Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Mr. Avneeshf Arputham, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Advocate Ms. Parul Sharma, Advocate Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Kapil Raghav, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Ms. Smriti Nair, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. A rdhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Meenesh Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. S P M Tripathi, Adv. Mr. V. K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sugam Mishra, Adv. Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv. Ms. Sangeetha M R, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. M D .Ghulam Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K, Adv. Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Law, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S.Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR

12 Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Ms. Mehak Kanwar, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. A. P. Singh, Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shreyansh Rathi, Adv. M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Ms. Sheetal Rajput, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Manoj V George, Adv. Mr. Philomena Thomas,Adv. Ms. Bhavika, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwiwedi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwiwedi, Adv. Mr. Satyam Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ram Anugrah Singh, Adv. Mr. Ramesh Vasishtha, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Manoj Pandey, Adv Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Atanu Saikia Advocate Mr. Siddharth,, Adv. Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR

13 Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List for orders on 24.08.2021. (INDU MARWAH) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER

1 ITEM NO.11 COURT NO.2 SECTION XI-A (HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos.8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No.602/2015, 12-10-2018 in WPC No.13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH CONMT.PET.(C) No.1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.619-620/2019 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) W.P.(C) No.601/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.832/2019 (X) SLP(C) No.3289/2021 (XV) W.P.(C) No.767/2021 (X) W.P.(C) No.141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.374/2018 (X)

2 W.P.(C) No.372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.360/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1134/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.390/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.349/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.352/2019 (X) SLP(C) Nos.16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) W.P.(C) No.512/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.511/2019 (X) SLP(C) No.2465/2021 (XV) SLP(C) No.3287/2021 (XV) Diary No.46219/2019 (XIV) W.P.(C) No.1218/2020 (X) SLP(C) No.1366/2021 (XIV) W.P.(C) No.1459/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No.1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No.3290/2021 (XV) W.P.(C) No.86/2021 (X) SLP(C) No.1738/2021 (XIV) SLP(C) No.1701/2021 (XIV) W.P.(C) No.414/2021 (X)

3 W.P.(C) No.477/2021 (X) SLP(C) No.8547/2021 (XI-A) W.P.(C) No.233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.69/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.411/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.594/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.884/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.778/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.874/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1149/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.269/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.327/2019 (X) Date : 17-08-2021 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI

4 Counsel for the Parties: Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. C. Aryama Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Raghav Tankha, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Ms. Sujata Muni, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Ms. Samitharani M.R., Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR

5 Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Ms. Briti Rekha Mahanta, Adv. Mr. Jamshed Pesi Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. Sachin Datta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR

6 Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pilay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Ms. V.P. Seemanthini, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Reenu, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Meenesh Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv. Mr. Harsh Nandwana, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Jitender singh, Adv. Ms. Meenu Singh, Adv. Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv. Mr. Kamla Prasad, Adv. Mr. Hem Kumar, Adv. Ms. Shweta Sinha, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR

7 Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv. Mohd. Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Aamir Naseem, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Manoj Pandey, Adv. Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co, AOR Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Neelmani Pant, Adv. Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P. Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S. Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. M/s. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Satyam Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ram Anugarh Singh, Adv. Mr. Ramesh Vasishtha, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreyash Maheshwari, Adv. M/s. Karanjawala & Co., AOR

8 Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. N.M. Varghese, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. L.K. Paonam, Adv. Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Adv. Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. SPM Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Toliya, Adv. Mr. V.K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sugam Mishra, Adv. Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv. Ms. Sangeetha MR, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Anand, Adv. M/s. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Rishi K. Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Piyush Vatsa, Adv. Ms. Ritu Arora, Adv. Mr. Sumit Raj, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar-I, AOR Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. Ms. Smriti Nair, Adv. M/s. Khaitan & Co., AOR

9 Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Ms. Giffara S., Adv. Mr. Bilal Niamathulla, Adv. Ms. Ruxana P.N., Adv. Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Ms. Devarati Sadhu, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Md. Ghulam Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K., Adv. Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Law, Adv. Mr. Ashish Jumar Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Iqram Singh, Adv. Mr. Kushal Daga, Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Kapil Raghav, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/s. ARS Associates, AOR Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharukha, Adv. Mohd. Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.

10 Mr. Santosh Krishnan, Adv. Mohd. Sadique, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Mr. K. Panmei, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Parul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Das, Adv. M/s. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Ms. Mehak Kanwar, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Astha Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Atanu Saikia, Adv. Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Mr. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv.

11 Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Y. Rajagopala Rao, AOR Ms. Vismai Rao, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Anurag Kr. Singh, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Ms. Eshna Kumar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Ms. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. C.K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR

12 UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard in part. For further hearing, list these matters on 18.08.2021. (MUKESH NASA) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

1 ITEM NO.11 Court 2 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X) (IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) (IA No. 26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X)

2 (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (IA No. 146221/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170508/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) (IA No. 170449/2018 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 69081/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) (IA No. 44627/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) (IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) (IA No. 51450/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 51446/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (IA No. 85695/2019 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 147085/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 147082/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X) (IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X)

3 W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (X) (IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (X) (IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (IA No. 6498/2021 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 109137/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 109139/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 6497/2021 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) W.P.(C) No. 512/2019 (X) (IA No. 92886/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) (IA No. 62534/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 86926/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 86923/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 619-620/2019 in C.A. No.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 601/2019 (X) (IA No. 73827/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 832/2019 (X) (IA No. 98935/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 3289/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10606/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11707/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 (XV) (IA No. 16619/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 11703/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9097/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES)

4 SLP(C) No. 3287/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10568/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11699/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 (XIV) (IA No. 8907/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 6618/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 6619/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 6620/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 6621/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1218/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 9495/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 43588/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12062/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9494/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.134289/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12571/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12572/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 12492/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12575/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV) (IA No. 40330/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69729/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 39682/2021 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 69732/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 69717/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 76487/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 49239/2021 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA No. 40085/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION

5 IA No. 39672/2021 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 40332/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. IA No. 70979/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. IA No. 12234/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 40084/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69726/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 69714/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 39667/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 76485/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 49234/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 12486/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 12233/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES IA No. 70981/2021 - SETTING ASIDE AN ABATEMENT) W.P.(C) No. 414/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) SLP(C) No. 8547/2021 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.74627/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.74628/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No. 477/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 767/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.80978/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.80976/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.80977/2021-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) Date : 12-08-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI For Parties: Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Advocate Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR Ms. Aparajita Singh Sr. Adv, Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR

6 Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Advocate Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Advocate Ms. Sonia Dube, Advocate Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Advocate Ms. Surbhi Anand, Advocate M/S. Legal Options, AOR Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai (Sr.Adv) Mr.Neeraj Chaudhari (Adv) Ms. Pooja Dhar (Aor) Ms. Rashmi Verma (Adv.) Mr. Rohan Thawani(Adv.) Ms.Pooja Dhar (Aor) Mr. lqram Govind Singh(Adv) Mr. Kushal Daga(Adv) Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan (Sr.Adv.) Ms. Pooja Dhar (Aor) Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj (Adv.) Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv, Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr Raghvendra Shukla Adv Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Advocate Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Advocate Mr. Harpreet Singh, Advocate Mr. Ajay Chandra, Advocate Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Mr.Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr.Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.-on-Record Kirti Aggarwal, Adv.

7 Mr. R.R.Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Atanu Saikia Advocate Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Ag Mr. Vikaramjit banerjee, Asg Mr. R. Bala, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Advocate Mr. R.Anand Padmanabhan, Advocate Mr. Debarati Sadhu, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Md Shahid Anwar, Aor Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv. Mohammad Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Aamir Naseem, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr.Gopal Sankaranarayanan Mr.A.Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr.C.M.Sundaram Iyer, Advocate Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Rishabh Sancheti , Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv

8 Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, Aor Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv Mr. Harsh Nandwana, Adv Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Jitender Singh, Adv Ms. Meenu Singh, Adv Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv Mr. Kamla Prasad, Adv Mr. Hem Kumar, Adv Ms. Shweta Sinha, Adv Ms. Bharti Tyagi. AOR Mr. C. Aryama Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. V.N. Koura, Advocate Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Advocate Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Advocate M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Advocate Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Kapil Raghav, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Arijit Prasad (Sr. Adv) Mr. A rdhendumauli Kumar Prasad (Adv) Mr. Meenesh Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms.Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv

9 M D .Ghulam Akbar, Adv Mr. Jeemon Raju K, Adv Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv Mr. Kumar Law, Adv Mr. Ashish Kumar Sinha, Adv Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S.Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Sachin Datta, Senior, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv Mr. Ashish Bhan, Advocate Mr.Syed Jafar Alam, (AOR) Mr.Mohit Rohatgi, Advocate Mr.Rajendra Dangwal, Advocate Mr.Kaustub Narendran ,Advocate Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Advocate(R Nos.5 & 6) Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Advocate Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Advocate Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Ms. Neetica Sharma, Advocate Mr. Shreyansh Rathi, Advocate M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr.Manoj V George, Advocate Mr. Philomena Thomas,Advocate Ms.Bhavika, Advocate Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. A. N. S.Nadkarni, Senior Advocate Mr. P. S. Sudheer, Advocate-on-Record Mr. Bharat Sood, Advocate

10 Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., Aor Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Thampan Thomas, Advocate Mr. N.M.Varghese, advocate Ms.Tessy Varghese, advocate Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. R Venkatramani, Senior Advocate Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Advocate Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Advocate Ms. Aditi Dani, Advocate. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Advocate Mr. R. Basant, Senior Advocate Mr. Raghenth Basant, Advocate Ms. Roopali Lakhotia, Advocate Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Advocate Mr. Akshay Sahay, Advocate Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. P. N. Ravindran Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham Adv Ms. Reena Roy Adv Ms. Samitharani Adv. Mr. Nikhil Roy Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR

11 Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List on 17.08.2021 as first item on Board. (INDU MARWAH) (BEENA JOLLY) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)

ITEM NO.17 Court 11 (Video Conferencing) SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 767/2021 PRAKASH MADHUKAR PATHAK & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.80978/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.80976/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.80977/2021-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ) Date : 23-07-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R This is a writ petition filed by the petitioners under Article 32 of the Constitution. The petition refers to a number of reliefs. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners will be pressing reliefs relating to validity of circulars dated 23.03.2017 and 20.03.2021. Tag with SLP (C) Nos. 8658-8659/2019. Liberty is granted to the petitioners to file additional affidavit making the position clear as to issues which they seek to press. (MEENAKSHI KOHLI) (RENU KAPOOR) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS BRANCH OFFICER

1 ITEM NO.13+5 COURT NO.3 SECTION XI-A (HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos.8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No.602/2015, 12-10-2018 in WPC No.13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No.233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.69/2018 (X) (IA No.14965/2018 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.141/2018 (X) (IA No.26357/2018 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.367/2018 (X)

2 W.P.(C) No.369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.63451/2018 – FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/ DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No.466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No.884/2018 (X) (IA No.170508/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.146221/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.778/2018 (X) (IA No.69081/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No. 170449/2018 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.874/2018 (X) (IA No.44627/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.1149/2018 (X) (IA No.117553/2019 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No.144028/2018 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No.1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1134/2018 (X) (IA No.51450/2020 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT; and, IA No. 51446/2020 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) CONMT.PET.(C) No.1917-1918/2018 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (IA No.85695/2019 - FOR DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT; IA No.147085/2018 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.; IA No.147082/2018 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No.1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1428/2018 (X)

3 W.P.(C) No.390/2019 (X) (IA No.43954/2019 - FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.269/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.349/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.327/2019 (X) (IA No.43329/2019 - FOR EX-PARTE STAY; and, IA No.84636/2019 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.352/2019 (X) (IA No.46449/2019 – FOR STAY) SLP(C) Nos.16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (IA No.6498/2021 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY; IA No.109139/2020 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; IA No.109137/2020 – FOR INTERVENTION/ IMPLEADMENT; IA No.6497/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) W.P.(C) No.512/2019 (X) (IA No.92886/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.500/2019 (X) (IA No.62534/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY; IA No.86926/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.86923/2019 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.619-620/2019 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.601/2019 (X) (IA No.73827/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.832/2019 (X) (IA No.98935/2020 – FOR EARLY HEARING) SLP(C) No.3289/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.10606/2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.11707/2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

4 SLP(C) No.2465/2021 (XV) (IA No.16619/2021 - FOR PERMISSION; IA No.11703/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No.9097/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No.3287/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.10568/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.11699/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No.46219/2019 (XIV) (IA No.8907/2021 - FOR PERMISSION; IA No.6618/2021 - FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING; IA No.6619/2021 - FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING/CURING THE DEFECTS; IA No.6620/2021 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; and, IA No. 6621/2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No.1218/2020 (X) SLP(C) No.1366/2021 (XIV) (IA No.9495/2021 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; IA No.43588/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; IA No.12062/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No.9494/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No.1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.134289/2020 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No.3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.12571/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.12572/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No.86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No.1738/2021 (XIV) (IA No.12492/2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/ FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No.12575/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No.1701/2021 (XIV) (IA No.39682/2021 - FOR SUBSTITUTION; IA No.40330/2021 – FOR SUBSTITUTION; IA No.69729/2021 - FOR SUBSTITUTION; IA No.69717/2021 - FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; IA No.76487/2021 - FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; IA No.49239/2021 - FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS; IA No.69732/2021 - FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/ DIRECTIONS; IA No.39672/2021 - FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION; IA

5 No.40085/2021 - FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION; IA No.40332/2021 - FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLICATION; IA No.70979/2021 - FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLICATION; IA No.12234/2021 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; IA No.69714/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.39667/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.76485/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.49234/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.40084/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.69726/2021 - FOR INTERVENTION; IA No.12486/2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; IA No.12233/2021 - FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; IA No.70981/2021 - FOR SETTING ASIDE AN ABATEMENT) W.P.(C) No.414/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) SLP(C) No.8547/2021 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.74627/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; and, IA No.74628/2021 - FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) W.P.(C) No.477/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) Date : 20-07-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI Counsel for the Parties: Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Sreenath, Adv. Mr. C. Aryama Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv.

6 Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Raghav Tankha, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Ms. Sujata Muni, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mohan Parasaran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Ms. Seema Jain, Adv. Ms. Smitha Rani, Adv. Mr. Akhil Roy, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv.

7 Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Pranjal Saran, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Ms. Briti Rekha Mahanta, Adv. Mr. Jamshed Pesi Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Sachin Datta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. Arijit Prasad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Meenesh Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv.

8 Dr. Kylashanatha Pilay, Sr. Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/s. ARS Associates, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mohd. Maroof, Adv. Mr. M.Z. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv. Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Adv. Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv. Mr. Rashid Izhar, Adv. Dr. Bhim Pratap Singh, Adv. Mohd. Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Manoj Pandey, Adv. Mr. Umakant Mishra, Adv. Mr. Niranjan Sahu, Adv. Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, AOR M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co, AOR Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Neelmani Pant, Adv. Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR

9 Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P. Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S. Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. M/s. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Satyam Pandey, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreyash Maheshwari, Adv. M/s. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. N.M. Varghese, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. L.K. Paonam, Adv. Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Adv. Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv.

10 Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. SPM Tripathi, Adv. Mr. V.K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sugam Mishra, Adv. Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Devashish Bharukha, Adv. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Anand, Adv. M/s. Legal Options, AOR Mr. R.K. Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Ms. Ritu Arora, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar-I, AOR Mr. Santosh Krishnan, Adv. Mohd. Sadique, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Mr. K. Panmei, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/s. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Gaur, Adv. Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Ms. Giffara S., Adv. Mr. Bilal Niamathulla, Adv. Ms. Ruxana P.N., Adv. Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Ms. Devarati Sadhu, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv.

11 Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Md. Ghulam Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K., Adv. Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Iqram Singh, Adv. Mr. Kushal Daga, Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Abhishek Prasad, Adv. Ms. Astha Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. A.P. Singh, Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. M/s. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Atanu Saikia, Adv. Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Mr. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR

12 Mr. Y. Rajagopala Rao, AOR Ms. Vismai Rao, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. Kirti Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Anurag Kr. Singh, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Eshna Kumar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Ms. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. C.K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Pranesh, AOR

13 UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List these matters on 11.08.2021. In the meantime, learned counsel for the parties are at liberty to file their Brief Synopsis/List of Dates. (MUKESH NASA) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.13 COURT NO.3 SECTION X (HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.477/2021 ANIL KUMAR CHHABRA & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS THE PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER 1 (PENSION) & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 16-07-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI For Petitioner(s) Mr. Pranesh, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List this matter alongwith SLP (Civil) Nos.8658-8659 of 2019 on 20.07.2021. (MUKESH NASA) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

1 ITEM NO.13 COURT NO.3 SECTION XI-A (HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.8547/2021 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 06-11-2020 in CCC No.1176/2019 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) SANDEEP BISWAS, REGIONAL PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER Petitioner(s) VERSUS JOJO JACOB & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.74627/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; and, IA No.74628/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT) Date : 12-07-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI For Petitioner(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General for India Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R According to the office report, SLP (Civil) Nos.8658-8659 of 2019 and all other connected matters involving similar issues will be listed on 20.07.2021. Heard Mr. K.K. Venugopal, learned Attorney General for India. Issue notice, returnable on 20.07.2021. Dasti service, in addition, is permitted.

2 Pending further consideration, the effect and operation of the judgment presently under challenge shall remain stayed. List this matter alongwith SLP (Civil) Nos.8658-8659 of 2019 etc. on 20.07.2021. (MUKESH NASA) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

1 ITEM NO.14 COURT NO.4 SECTION XI-A (HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos.8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No.602/2015, 12-10-2018 in WPC No.13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No.233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.69/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.367/2018 (X)

2 W.P.(C) No.369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.360/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.411/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.594/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.884/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.778/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.874/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1149/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1134/2018 (X) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.1917-1918/2018 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV- W.P.(C) No.1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.390/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.269/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.349/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.327/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.352/2019 (X) SLP(C) No.16721-16722/2019 (XI-A)

3 W.P.(C) No.512/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.500/2019 (X) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.619-620/2019 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) W.P.(C) No.601/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.832/2019 (X) SLP(C) No.3289/2021 (XV) SLP(C) No.2465/2021 (XV) SLP(C) No.3287/2021 (XV) Diary No.46219/2019 (XIV) W.P.(C) No.1218/2020 (X) SLP(C) No.1366/2021 (XIV) W.P.(C) No.1459/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No.1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No.3290/2021 (XV) W.P.(C) No.86/2021 (X) SLP(C) No.1738/2021 (XIV) SLP(C) No.1701/2021 (XIV) Date : 15-04-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH

4 Counsel for the Parties: Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Mohan Parasaran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Ms. Seema Jain, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramni, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mohd. Maroof, Adv. Mr. M.Z. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi, Adv. Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv. Mr. Shadab Husain Khan, Adv. Ms. Tehsheena Z. Hussain, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR

5 Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Ms. Briti Rekha Mahanta, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Pranjal Saran, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/s. ARS Associates, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. Jamshed Pesi Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Jayanth Muthuraj, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR

6 Ms. V.P. Seemandini, Sr. Adv. Mr. M.R. Anisan, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Arijit Prasad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Meenesh Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Sachin Datta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mohd. Maroof, Adv. Mr. M.Z. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi, Adv. Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv. Mr. Shadab Husain Khan, Adv. Ms. Tehsheena Z. Hussain, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Zuliqar Ali Khan, Adv. Dr. Bhim Pratap Singh, Adv. Mohd. Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mohd. Sadique, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv. Mr. S.K. Bhargava, Adv. Mr. M.K. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Umakant Mishra, Adv. Mr. Niranjan Sahu, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, AOR Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR

7 Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Neelmani Pant, Adv. Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Kafeel Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P. Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S. Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. M/s. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. R.K. Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Ms. Ritu Arora, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar-I, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Atul Khaneja, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. M/s. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. N.M. Varghese, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR

8 Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Ms. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv. Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Abhijmanyu Verma, Adv. Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Bhat, Adv. Mr. Santosh Krishnan, Adv. Mohd. Sadique, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. L.K. Paonam, Adv. Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Adv. Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv. Mr. A.P. Singh, Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. M/s. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Mr. Shifaz R. Dheen, Adv. Mr. K. Panmei, Adv. Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Mr. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/s. Khaitan & Co., AOR

9 Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Gaur, Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh, Adv. Ms. Laxmi, Adv. Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. SPM Tripathi, Adv. Mr. V.K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sugam Mishra, Adv. Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Md. Ghulam Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K., Adv. Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv. Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Ms. Giffara S., Adv. Mr. Bilal Niamathulla, Adv. Ms. Ruxana P.N., Adv. Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Debarati Sadhu, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mr. Abhay Singh, Adv. Mr. Y. Rajagopala Rao, AOR Mr. K. Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Atanu Saikia, Adv.

10 Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Astha Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Eshna Kumar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. R.K. Gupta, Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR

11 Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List on 22.04.2021. (MUKESH NASA) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

1 ITEM NO.11 COURT NO.4 SECTION XI-A (HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos.8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No.602/2015, 12-10-2018 in WPC No.13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No.233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.69/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.385/2018 (X)

2 W.P.(C) No.367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.360/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.411/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.594/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.884/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.778/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.874/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1149/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1134/2018 (X) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.1917-1918/2018 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV- W.P.(C) No.1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.390/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.269/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.349/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.327/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.352/2019 (X)

3 SLP(C) No.16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) W.P.(C) No.512/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.500/2019 (X) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.619-620/2019 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) W.P.(C) No.601/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.832/2019 (X) SLP(C) No.3289/2021 (XV) SLP(C) No.2465/2021 (XV) SLP(C) No.3287/2021 (XV) Diary No.46219/2019 (XIV) W.P.(C) No.1218/2020 (X) SLP(C) No.1366/2021 (XIV) W.P.(C) No.1459/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No.1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No.3290/2021 (XV) W.P.(C) No.86/2021 (X) SLP(C) No.1738/2021 (XIV) SLP(C) No.1701/2021 (XIV) Date : 13-04-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH

4 Counsel for the Parties: Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Mohan Parasaran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. P.N. Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Ms. Seema Jain, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramni, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mohd. Maroof, Adv. Mr. M.Z. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi, Adv. Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv. Mr. Shadab Husain Khan, Adv. Ms. Tehsheena Z. Hussain, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR

5 Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Ms. Briti Rekha Mahanta, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Pranjal Saran, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/s. ARS Associates, AOR Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Mahesh Menon, Adv. Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv. Mr. Jamshed Pesi Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Ms. V.P. Seemandini, Sr. Adv. Mr. M.R. Anisan, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Arijit Prasad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Meenesh Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Sachin Datta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv.

6 Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mohd. Maroof, Adv. Mr. M.Z. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi, Adv. Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv. Mr. Shadab Husain Khan, Adv. Ms. Tehsheena Z. Hussain, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Zuliqar Ali Khan, Adv. Dr. Bhim Pratap Singh, Adv. Mohd. Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Adv. Mohd. Sadique, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv. Mr. S.K. Bhargava, Adv. Mr. M.K. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Umakant Mishra, Adv. Mr. Niranjan Sahu, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, AOR Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Neelmani Pant, Adv. Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Kafeel Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv.

7 Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P. Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S. Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. M/s. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. R.K. Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Ms. Ritu Arora, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar-I, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Atul Khaneja, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. M/s. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Thampan Thomas, Adv. Mr. N.M. Varghese, Adv. Ms. Tessy Varghese, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Ms. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv. Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Abhijmanyu Verma, Adv. Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Bhat, Adv. Mr. Santosh Krishnan, Adv. Mohd. Sadique, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, AOR Mr. L.K. Paonam, Adv. Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Adv. Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam, Adv. Mr. A.P. Singh, Adv. Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv. M/s. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR

8 Dr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Mr. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Mr. Rohit Ghosh, Adv. M/s. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Deeksha Gaur, Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh, Adv. Ms. Laxmi, Adv. Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. SPM Tripathi, Adv. Mr. V.K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sugam Mishra, Adv. Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv. Md. Ghulam Akbar, Adv. Mr. Jeemon Raju K., Adv. Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv. Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mr. Abhay Singh, Adv. Mr. Y. Rajagopala Rao, AOR Mr. K. Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Atanu Saikia, Adv.

9 Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Astha Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Eshna Kumar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. R.K. Gupta, Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. P. A. Noor Muhamed, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR

10 Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List on 15.04.2021. (MUKESH NASA) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.12 Court 9 (Video Conferencing) SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 414/2021 T.S. NARASIMHAN Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. ) Date : 09-04-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Prasenjit Keshwani, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Ms. Sonia Dube, Adv. Mr. Shatadru Chakraborty, Adv. Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Adv. Mr. Anurag Singh, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Anand, Adv. For M/S. Legal Options, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition [C] No.118/2018. (ASHA SUNDRIYAL) (POONAM VAID) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)

1 ITEM NO.28 Court 3 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X) (IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) (IA No. 26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X)

2 (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (IA No. 170508/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146221/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) (IA No. 69081/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170449/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) (IA No. 44627/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) (IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) (IA No. 51450/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 51446/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (IA No. 85695/2019 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 147085/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 147082/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X) (IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION)

3 W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (X) (IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (X) (IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (IA No. 6498/2021 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 109139/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 109137/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 6497/2021 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) W.P.(C) No. 512/2019 (X) (IA No. 92886/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) (IA No. 62534/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 86926/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 86923/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 619-620/2019 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016(XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 601/2019 (X) (IA No. 73827/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 832/2019 (X) (IA No. 98935/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 3289/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10606/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11707/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 (XV) (IA No. 16619/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 11703/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9097/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES)

4 SLP(C) No. 3287/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10568/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11699/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 (XIV) (IA No. 8907/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 6618/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 6619/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 6620/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 6621/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1218/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.9495/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.9494/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.134289/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12571/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12572/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12575/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12492/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12234/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.12233/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12486/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Date : 25-03-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH

5 For Petitioner(s) Mr Girijesh Pandey Adv Mr . Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Kafeel Ahmad Adv Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv Mr.Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv Mr.Rajesh Gupta, Advocate Mr.Harpreet Singh, Advocate Mr.Ajay Chandra, Advocate Mr.Pranjal Saran, Advocate Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/S Ars Associates, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr.Atanu Saikia Adv. Ms. Srija Choudhury Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Abhishek Prasad, Advocate MS. Astha Ahuja Advocate Mr. Shashank Shekhar,Advocate Ms. Sheetal Rajput, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Advocate Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, LD SG Mr. Suryaprakash V. Raju, LD ASG Ms. Sonia Mathur, Sr.Adv. Mr. SWA Qadri, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta. Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mr. S.V Raju, Ld. ASG Mr. Prashant singh B, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, Adv.

6 Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mr. Balbir Singh, LD ASG Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Adv. Mr. Balendu Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Suryaprakash V. Raju, LD ASG Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Manan Popli, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mr. K K Venugopal, LD AG Mr. Vikramjit Basnerjee, LD ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, Ld ASG. Mr. R Bala, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Advocate Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan,Adv. Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. K. Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr.Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Rohan Thawani(Adv.) Ms. Pooja Dhar (Aor) Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan(Sr.Adv.) Ms. Pooja Dhar (Aor) Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj (Adv.) Mr. Ritin Raj, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar (AOR) Mr. Neeraj Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Mohan Parasaran, Senior Advocate. Mr.Ashwin Kumar DS, Advocate Ms. Aditi Dani, Advocate. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Advocate

7 Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Akash Kakade, Advocate Mr. Somanath Padhan AOR Mr. Neelmani Pant, Advocate Mr Swetab Kumar, Advocate Mr. R. Venkataramni, Sr. Adv Mr. Bahar .U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Maroof Adv. Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi Adv. Mr. M.Z. Chaudhary Adv. Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali Adv. Mr. Shadab Husain Khan Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, Aor Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv Mr. R.R. Kumar, Advocate Mr Amrendra Kumar, Advocate Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR For Respondent(s) Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr.Zulfiqar Ali Khan Dr. Bhim Pratap Singh, Adv. Mohd Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Intakhab Alam, Adv. Dr.K.P.Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr.Advocate Mr.A.Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr.Mahesh Menon, Advocate Mr. Gaurav Agarwal,Adv Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K Joy, Adv M r. Alim Anvar, Adv Mr. Devashish Bharukha, Adv. Md. Sadique, AOR Ms. Anu K Joy, Adv M r. Alim Anvar, Adv Mr. Jamshed Pasi Cama, Sr. Adv. Ms. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR

8 Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, Aor Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv Mr Harsh Nandwana, Adv Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh, Adv Mr. Jitender Singh, Adv Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv Ms. Meenu Singh, Adv Mr. Dhiraj Kumar, Adv Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr.S K Bhargava Adv Dr. M K. Pandey adv Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr.V.N. Koura, Advocate Ms. Aruna Mathur, Advocate on Record Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Advocate Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Advocate M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Advocate Ms.Deeksha Gaur, Advocate Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S.Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S.Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv.

9 M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr Tabrez Malawat, Adv: Ms Arina Bhattacharjee, Adv Ms Swagoti Batchas, Adv Mr V K Shukla, Adv Mr Sugam Mishra, Adv Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Adv, MD. Ghulam Akbar, Adv Mr.Jeemon Raju K, Adv MrAvinash Singh, Adv for Respondent No. 3 & 4 M/s. Arijit Prasad (Sr. Adv) Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad (Adv) Meenesh Kumar Dubey (Adv) Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms.Laxmi Kumari Advocate Mr Adarsh Tripathi, Advocate Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Adv. Ms. Somya, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rohatgi Advocate Mr.Rajendra Dangwal Advocate Mr.Kaustub Narendran Advocate Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Sachin Datta, Senior, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, Aor Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Advocate Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Advocate Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Advocate Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR Mr. A.P. Singh, Advocate Ms. Neetica Sharma, Adv.

10 M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Keshav Mohan, Advocate Mr. R.K Awasthi, Advocate Mr. Prashant Kumar, Advocate Ms. Ritu Arora, Advocate Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Naveen R. Nath, Aor Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, Adv. Ms. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv. Mr.Abhimanyu Verma, Adv. Mr.Rahul Jain, Adv. Mr. A. N. S. Nadkarni, Senior Advocate Mr. Jayanth Muthuraj, Senior Advocate Mr. P. S. Sudheer, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Bharat Sood, Advocate Ms. Shruti Jose, Advocate Mr. Kapil Sibal Senior Advocate Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi (AOR) Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash (Advocate) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh (Advocate) Mr. Abhishek Tripathi (Advocate) Mr. Raghav Tankha (Advocate) Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mr. Upasana Singh Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Dr.K.P.Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr.Advocate Mr.A.Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr.Mahesh Menon, Advocate Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. R Venkatramani, Senior Advocate Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Advocate Mr. Ankur S Kulkarni, Advocate –on-Record Mr. S.Parthasarathi, Advocate Mr. R. Basant, Senior Advocate Mr. Raghenth Basant, Advocate Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Advocate Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Advocate Mr. Akshay Sahay, Advocate Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr.Mohan Parasaran, Senior Advocate. Mr.Ashwin Kumar DS, Advocate Mr. Aditi Dani, Advocate.

11 Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Advocate Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Roy Abraham Adv Ms. Reena Roy, Adv Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Akhil Abraham Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate Mr. Raghuvendra Upadhyay, Advocate Mr. Atul Khaneja, Advocate Ms.. Madhubala, Advocate Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi Mr. Rakesh Mishra, Aor Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., Aor Mr. Thampan Thomas, Advocate Mr. N.M.Varghese, advocate Ms.Tessy Varghese, advocate Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, AOR Mr. R.K. Gupta, Adv. Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, Advocate Mr. L. K. Paonam, Advocate Ms. Tomthinnganbi Koijam, Advocate Mr. Niraj Bobby Paonam Advocate Dr. Ashwani Bharadwaj, AOR Mr. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List on 13.04.2021. (INDU MARWAH) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER

1 ITEM NO.15 Court 3 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X) (IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) (IA No. 26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X)

2 W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (IA No. 170508/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146221/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) (IA No. 69081/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170449/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) (IA No. 44627/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) (IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) (IA No. 51450/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 51446/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (IA No. 85695/2019 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 147085/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 147082/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X) (IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X)

3 (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (X) (IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (X) (IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (IA No. 6498/2021 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 109139/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 109137/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 6497/2021 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) W.P.(C) No. 512/2019 (X) (IA No. 92886/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) (IA No. 62534/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 86926/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 86923/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 619-620/2019 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016(XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 601/2019 (X) (IA No. 73827/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 832/2019 (X) (IA No. 98935/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 3289/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10606/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11707/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 (XV) (IA No. 16619/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION

4 IA No. 11703/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9097/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 3287/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10568/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11699/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 (XIV) (IA No. 8907/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 6618/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 6619/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 6620/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 6621/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1218/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.9495/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.9494/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.134289/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12571/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12572/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12575/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12492/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12234/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.12233/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12486/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Date : 23-03-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM :

5 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH For Petitioner(s) Mr Girijesh Pandey Adv Mr . Ramjee Pandey,Adv. AOR Mr. Kafeel Ahmad Adv Mr. Raghvendra Shukla Adv Mr.Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv Mr.Rajesh Gupta, Advocate Mr.Harpreet Singh, Advocate Mr.Ajay Chandra, Advocate Mr.Pranjal Saran, Advocate Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR M/S Ars Associates, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Abhishek Prasad, Advocate MS. Astha Ahuja Advocate Mr. Shashank Shekhar,Advocate Ms. Sheetal Rajput, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Advocate Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. K K Venugopal, LD AG Mr. Vikramjit Basnerjee, LD ASG Mr. Sanjay Jain, Ld ASG. Mr. R Bala, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Advocate

6 Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan(Sr.Adv.) Ms. Pooja Dhar (Aor) Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj (Adv.) Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR MR. BAHAR .U. BARQUI, ADV. MR. MOHD. MAROOF ADV. MR. ALI SAFEER FAROOQI ADV. MR. M.Z. CHAUDHARY ADV. MR. SYED IMTIYAZ ALI ADV. MR. SHADAB HUSAIN KHAN ADV. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv, Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. R.R. Kumar, Advocate (Mb. 9999596281) Mr Amrendra Kumar, Advocate Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Dr.K.P.Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr.Advocate ii. Mr.A.Venayagam Balan, AOR iii. Mr.Mahesh Menon, Advocate Mr. Gaurav Agarwal,Adv Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K Joy, Adv M r. Alim Anvar, Adv

7 Mr. Jamshed Pasi Cama, Sr. Adv. Ms. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. RISHABH SANCHETI, Adv. Ms. PADMA PRIYA, Adv. Mr. ANCHIT BHANDARI, Adv. Ms. SHREYA GUPTA, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Ashish Rana, AOR M/S. M. V. Kini & Associates, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. Anand Dilip Landge, AOR Mr. Naveen R. Nath, AOR Mr. A. N. S. Nadkarni, Senior Advocate Mr. Jayanth Muthuraj, Senior Advocate Mr. P. S. Sudheer, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Bharat Sood, Advocate Ms. Shruti Jose, Advocate Mr. Kapil Sibal Senior Advocate Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi (AOR) Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash (Advocate) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh (Advocate) Mr. Abhishek Tripathi (Advocate)

8 Mr. Raghav Tankha (Advocate) Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mr. Upasana Singh Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. R Venkatramani, Senior Advocate Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Advocate Mr. Ankur S Kulkarni, Advocate –on-Record Mr. S.Parthasarathi, Advocate Mr. R. Basant, Senior Advocate Mr. Raghenth Basant, Advocate Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Advocate Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Advocate Mr. Akshay Sahay, Advocate Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr.Mohan Parasaran, Senior Advocate. Mr.Ashwin Kumar DS, Advocate Mr. Aditi Dani, Advocate. Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Advocate Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. P.N.Ravindran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham Adv Ms. Reena Roy, Adv Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Akhil Abraham Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Thampan Thomas, Advocate Mr. N.M.Varghese, advocate Ms.Tessy Varghese, advocate Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR Mr. Ankit Goel, Aor Mr. Abhinav Kaushik,Adv Mr. R.K. Gupta,Adv UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

9 List 25.03.2021. (INDU MARWAH) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER

1 Corrected ITEM NO.1+2 Court 4 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEE PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X) (IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) (IA No. 26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X)

2 W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (IA No. 170508/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146221/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) (IA No. 69081/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170449/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) (IA No. 44627/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) (IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) (IA No. 51450/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 51446/2020 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (IA No. 85695/2019 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 147085/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 147082/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X)

3 W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X) (IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (X) (IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (X) (IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) SLP(C) No. 16721-16722/2019 (XI-A) (IA No. 6498/2021 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 109139/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 109137/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 6497/2021 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) W.P.(C) No. 512/2019 (X) (IA No. 92886/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) (IA No. 62534/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 86926/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 86923/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 619-620/2019 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 601/2019 (X) (IA No. 73827/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 1312/2019 (X)

4 W.P.(C) No. 832/2019 (X) (IA No. 98935/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) Diary No(s). 22242/2019 (XIV-A) SLP(C) No. 3289/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10606/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11707/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 (XV) (IA No. 16619/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 11703/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 9097/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) SLP(C) No. 3287/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10568/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11699/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1218/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.107579/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.9495/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.9494/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 1459/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.134289/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1332/2020 (X) SLP(C) No. 3290/2021 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12571/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12572/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12575/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12492/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV)

5 (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12234/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.12233/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12486/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) ITEM NO.2 SLP(CIVIL) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 (IA No. 8907/2021 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 6618/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 6619/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS IA No. 6620/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 6621/2021 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) Date : 25-02-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH For Petitioner(s) Mr K. K. Venugopal, AG for Union of India and Employees’ Provident Funds Organisation Mr Vikramjit Bannerjee, ASGSr. Adv. for Union of India Mr C. A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. for Employees’ Provident Funds Organisation Mr Siddharth, AOR for Employees’ Provident Funds Organisation Mr Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR for Union of India Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Abhsihek Gupta, Adv. Mr Siddhant Kohli, Adv. Mr Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr Prashant Rawat, Adv. Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Advocate Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mohd. Maroof, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR

6 Mr. M.Z. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Kanva, Adv. Ms. Manjula Chaurasia, Adv. Mr. Shadab Husain Khan, Adv. Ms. Heena Khan, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Chandrakant Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Ms. Sujata Muni, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Advocate Mr.Harpreet Singh, Advocate Mr.Ajay Chandra, Advocate Mr.Pranjal Saran, Advocate Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/S Ars Associates, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Abhishek Prasad, Adv. Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv.

7 Ms. Sheetal Rajput, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan,Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Ms. Aparajita Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Petitioner-in-person Mr.Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Verma, Adv. Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr.C.M.Sundaram Iyer, Advocate Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Raghbunath Singh, Adv. Mohd. Naseem Mughal, Adv. Mr. Ajay Amritraj, Adv. Mr. Jamshed Pesi Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv. Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv. Mr. Harsh Nandwana, Adv.

8 Mr. Jitender Singh, Adv. Mr. Ram Kripal Singh, Adv. Ms. Meenu Singh, Adv. Mr. Dhiraj Kumar, Adv. Ms. Shweta Sinha, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Paramjeet Benipal,Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Tabrex Malawat, Adv. Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv. Mr. V. K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sugam Mishra, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. D.P. Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S.kshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Manmohan Singh, Adv. Ms. Laxmi, Adv. Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Sachin Datta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv.

9 Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bharti,Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. R.K.Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali Singh, AOR Mr. Naveen R. Nath, AOR Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, Adv. Ms. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Verma, Adv. Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Mr. V. Chitambaresh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dwivedi, Advocate Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Satyam Pandey, Adv. Ms. Madhubala, Adv. Mr. Atul Khaneja, Adv. Mr. Rajan Parmar, Adv. Mr. Amit Upreti, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. R. Venkatramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. S. Parthasarathi, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raghenth Basant, Adv. Ms. Rasna Kalkat, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Pazhangana, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr.Mohan Parasaran, Sr. Adv.

10 Mr Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Mr. Aditi Dani, Adv., Mr. Vishnu Kumar, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Lakshmeesh S. Kamath, AOR Mr. Abhay Singh, Adv. Ms. Ankita Agarwal, Adv Mr. Jayant Muthuraj, sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Ms. V.P. Seemanthini, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Adv. Mr. N.K. Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv. Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. R.K. Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Piyush Vatsa, Adv. Ms. Ritu Arora, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar-I-, AOR Mr. Yatish Mohan, Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandra Sagar, Adv. Mr. E.C. Vidya Sagar, AOR Mr. A.P. Singh, Adv. Ms. Neetika Sharma, Adv. M/s M.V. Kini & Associates, AOR Dr. Ashwani Bharadwaj, AOR Mr. Vinay Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Mr Ashish Rana, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice in all fresh matters, returnable on 23.03.2021.

11 It shall be the responsibility of the petitioners to serve the respondents on or before 12.03.2021. The petitioners are at liberty to serve notices upon the learned advocates who had entered appearance on behalf of the concerned respondents in the High Court(s) and service upon such learned advocates shall be taken to be service upon the respondents. The affidavit of service shall be filed in the Registry of this Court by 15.03.2021. All the respondents are at liberty to file their submissions, not exceeding three pages along with the documents on which they wish to place reliance. Such responses/submissions shall be filed by 17.03.2021. The rejoinder, if any, be filed by the petitioners before 20.3.2021. It is made clear that under no circumstance, the matters shall be adjourned and the matters shall be taken up for hearing on day- to-day basis. For facility, we direct; (i) SLP (C) No(s). 8658-8659/2019, 16721-16722/2019 [arising from the judgment dated 12.10.2018 passed by the High Court of Kerala]; (ii) SLP(C) Diary No(s). 46219/2019 [arising from the judgment dated 22.5.2019 passed by the High Court of Delhi] along with connected matter being SLP(C) No. 1366/2021 [arising from the judgment dated 16.12.2019 passed by the High Court of Delhi];

12 (iii) SLP(C) No. 2465/2021 [arising from judgment dated 28.08.2019 passed by the High Court of Rajasthan, Jaipur]; and (iv) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No. 10013- 10014/2016 [seeking implementation of the order dated 04.10.2016 passed by this Court in C.A.No.10013/201 :R.C. Gupta & Ors. Etc. etc. vs. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner Employees Provident Fund Organization & Ors. Etc.] shall be taken up as lead matters representing the respective categories of matters. Rest of the matters shall also be listed on the same day. Pending further consideration, no contempt application seeking implementation of any of the orders passed in the aforesaid four categories of matters, shall be taken up by any Court. In the contempt petition(s) pending in this Court, personal presence of the alleged contemnor stands dispensed with. Diary No(s). 22242/2019 A letter has been circulated seeking liberty to withdraw the contempt petition. Request is accepted. The Contempt Petition is closed. (INDU MARWAH) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER

1 Corrected ITEM NO.4 Court 4 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XIV S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 1366/2021 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 16-12-2019 in WPC No. 4137/2018 passed by the High Court Of Delhi At New Delhi) CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER Petitioner(s) VERSUS ALL INDIA ONGC EX–EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION & ORS.Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.9495/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.9494/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES ) WITH Diary No(s). 44506/2019 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10605/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.10607/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS and IA No.10606/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11707/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No(s). 44650/2019 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.10567/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.10569/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS and IA No.10568/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11699/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No(s). 26686/2020 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12540/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.12571/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12572/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) SLP(C) No. 1738/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12575/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12492/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 1701/2021 (XIV)

2 (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.12234/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.12233/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.12486/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Date : 19-02-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH For Petitioner(s) Mr C. A. Sundaram, Sr Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Advocate Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr.C.M.Sundaram Iyer, Advocate Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Delay condoned. Issue notice, returnable on 25.02.2021. Dasti in addition. Affidavit of service shall be filed two days before the returnable date. Process shall additionally be served through the learned advocate who had appeared on behalf of respondent-association in the High Court. List alongwith SLP (C) No. 16721-16722/2019 and SLP (C) No. 8658-8659/2019. Dy. No.46219/2019 is taken on board. List Dy. No.46219/2019 just below SLP (C) No. 16721- 16722/2019 and other connected matters on 25.02.2021. (INDU MARWAH) (VIRENDER SINGH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.2 COURT NO.4 SECTION XV (HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.2465/2021 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 28-08-2019 in DBSAW No.662/2019 passed by the High Court Of Judicature For Rajasthan At Jaipur) THE CHAIRMAN, CENTRAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS HMT EX EMPLOYEES WELFARE SOCIETY & ORS. Respondent(s) (IA No.16619/2021 - FOR PERMISSION; IA No.11703/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No.9097/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) Date : 15-02-2021 This matter was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH For Petitioner(s) Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice, returnable on 25.02.2021. Dasti service, in addition, is permitted. List alongwith SLP (Civil) No.16721-16722 of 2019 etc. (MUKESH NASA) (PRADEEP KUMAR) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.9 Court 17 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XV S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 44646/2019 THE CHAIRMAN CENTRAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS HMT EX EMPLOYEES WELFARE SOCIETY & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.9095/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS and IA No.9097/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES and IA No.11703/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES ) Date : 05-02-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY [IN CHAMBER] For Petitioner(s) Mr. Siddharth, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Delay in refiling the special leave petition is condoned. (RASHI GUPTA) (ANITA RANI AHUJA) SENIOR PERSONAL ASSISTANT ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

1 CORRECTED * ITEM NO.11 COURT NO.4 SECTION XIV (HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.1366/2021 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 16-12-2019 in WPC No.4137/2018 passed by the High Court Of Delhi At New Delhi) CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER Petitioner(s) VERSUS ALL INDIA ONGC EX–EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.9495/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; and, IA No.9494/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) WITH W.P.(C) No.86/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) Diary No.44506/2019 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.10605/2021 – FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING; IA No.10607/2021 – FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING/CURING THE DEFECTS; IA No.10606/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.11707/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No.44650/2019 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.10567/2021 – FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING; IA No.10569/2021 – FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING/CURING THE DEFECTS; IA No.10568/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.11699/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No.1701/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.12234/2021 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT; IA No.12233/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.12486/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Diary No.26686/2020 (XV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.12540/2021 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING; IA No.12571/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.12572/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No.1738/2021 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.; IA No.12575/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES; and, IA No.12492/2021 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

2 Date : 01-02-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH Counsel for the Parties: Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R *The matters are adjourned for two weeks. (MUKESH NASA) (PRADEEP KUMAR) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

1 Corrected ITEM NO.4+36 Court 4 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s).16721-16722/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) UNION OF INDIA Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B. & ORS. Respondent(s) (IA No. 6498/2021 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 109139/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 109137/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 6497/2021 - PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS) WITH W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X) (IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) (IA No. 26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X)

2 W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (IA No. 170508/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 146221/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) (IA No. 69081/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 170449/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) (IA No. 44627/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) (IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (IA No. 85695/2019 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 147085/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 147082/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X)

3 W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (X) (IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (X) (IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (X) (IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 512/2019 (X) (IA No. 92886/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (X) (IA No. 62534/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 86926/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 86923/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 619-620/2019 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 601/2019 (X) (IA No. 73827/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) R.P.(C) No. 1430-1431/2019 in SLP(C) No. 8658-8659/2019 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.72854/2019-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES and IA No.72855/2019-APPLICATION FOR LISTING REVIEW PETITION IN OPEN COURT) W.P.(C) No. 1312/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No. 832/2019 (X) (IA No. 98935/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) Diary No(s). 22242/2019 (XIV-A) W.P.(C) No. 1218/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.107579/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No. 1332/2020 (X)

4 ITEM NO.36 Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 1459/2020 (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.134289/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 29-01-2021 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT For Petitioner(s) Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Neeraj Chowdhury, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Advocate Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr.Rajesh Gupta; Advocate, Mr.Harpreet Singh, Advocate, Mr.Sumit R. Sharma AOR; Mr.Ajay Chandra, Advocate Mr.Pranjal Saran, Advocate Mr Anand Padmanabhan Advocate Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi (AOR) Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash (Advocate) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh (Advocate) Mr. Abhishek Tripathi (Advocate) Ms. Vani Vyas (Advocate) Ms. Sujata Muni (Advocate) Mr. Amit (Advocate) Mr K. K. Venugopal, (AGI)Sr. Adv. for Union of India and Employees’ Provident Funds Organisation Mr Vikramjit Bannerjee,( ASG)Sr. Adv. Mr C. A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr Siddharth, AOR Mr Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR for Union of India

5 Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr Siddhant Kohli, Adv. Mr Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr Prashant Rawat, Adv. Mr. Anip Sachthey, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/S Ars Associates, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Abhishek Prasad, Advocate Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar,Advocate, Ms. Sheetal Rajput, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, Advocate Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Advocate Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Petitioner-in-person Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr Mohan Parasaran, Senior Advocate. Mr.Ashwin Kumar DS, Advocate. Mr.Vishnu Kumar, Advocate Mr.Aditi Dani, Advocate. Mr. Surbhi Mehta, AOR. For Respondent(s) Dr.K.P.Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Advocate Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Ashok K. Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, Adv. (AOR). M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR

6 Mr. Jamshed Pesi Cama, Sr. Adv.* Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv.* Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr.Eshna Kumar, Advocate Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv. Mr. D.P Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S.Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Advocate Ms. Laxmi Advocate Mr. Mohit Rohatgi Advocate Mr.Rajendra Dangwal Advocate Mr.Kaustub Narendran Advocate Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Sachin Datta, Senior, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, Aor Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Advocate Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR(R5&6) Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr Mohan Parasaran, Senior Advocate. Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Advocate. Mr.Vishnu Kumar, Advocate Mr.Aditi Dani, Advocate. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR

7 Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Advocate Ms. Mahamaya Chatterjee, Advocate Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms Reena Roy, Adv Mr.Akhil Roy, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Advocate Ms. Kheyali Singh, (Newly Appointed)AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Review Petition (Civil)Nos.1430-1431 of 2019 in SLP(C)Nos.8658-8659 of 2019 SLP(C) Nos.8658-59/2019 challenging the judgment and order dated 12.10.2018 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala in Writ Petition (C) 602/2015 and 13120/2015 were dismissed by this Court on 1.4.2019. Thereafter, SLP(C) Nos. 16721-22/2019 at the instance of Union of India challenging the same judgment dated 12.10.2018 came up before this Court on 12.07.2019. While condoning the delay in preferring the SLPs, this Court directed that said SLPs be listed along with Review Petition (C) Nos.1430-31/2019 (which had since then been preferred against the order dated 01.04.2019 in SLP(C) Nos.8658-59/2019) in open Court.

8 Mr. C.A. Sundaram, learned Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioners in said Review Petitions invited our attention to the order dated 21.12.2020 passed by another Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala by which the correctness of the earlier decision dated 12.10.2018 was doubted and the matter was referred to Full Bench of the High Court. Mr. Sundaram, also invited our attention to the decision of this Court in M/s Pawan Hans Ltd. & Ors. vs. Aviation Karmachari Sanghatana & Ors [2020(2)SCALE 194] and specially paragraph 6.6 of the decision. It was submitted that as a result of the directions issued by the High Court in its order dated 12.10.2018, benefit would get conferred upon employees retrospectively which, in turn, would create great imbalance. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the relevant material, in our view SLP(C) Nos.8658-59/2019 call for a closer look. We, therefore, allow these review petitions and recall the order dated 01.04.2019* and direct; (a) Let SLP(C) Nos.8658-59/2019 along with all connected matters be listed for preliminary hearing before the appropriate Court on 25.02.2021. (b) Learned counsel appearing for the parties are at liberty to file short synopsis before the next date of hearing. (INDU MARWAH) (PRADEEP KUMAR) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER

1 APPEARANCE CORRECTED * ITEM NO.1+37 COURT NO.4 SECTION XI-A (HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos.16721-16722/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No.602/2015, 12-10-2018 in WPC No.13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) UNION OF INDIA Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B. & ORS. Respondent(s) (I.A. NO. 109137/20 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, I.A. NO. 109139/20 - FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) WITH W.P.(C) No.250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.884/2018 (X) (IA No.170508/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.146221/ 2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.874/2018 (X) (IA No.44627/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.1149/2018 (X) (IA No.117553/2019 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES; and, IA No. 144028/2018 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No.1167/2018 (X)

2 CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.1917-1918/2018 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (IA No.85695/2019 – FOR DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT; IA No.147085/2018 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.; and, IA No.147082/2018 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) W.P.(C) No.1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.390/2019 (X) (IA No.43954/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.269/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.875/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.349/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.327/2019 (X) (IA No.43329/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY; and IA No.84636/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No.466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.352/2019 (X) (IA No.46449/2019 – FOR STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.512/2019 (X) (IA No. 92886/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.500/2019 (X) (IA No.62534/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY; IA No.86926/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.86923/2019 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.619-620/2019 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.601/2019 (X) (IA No.73827/2019 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) R.P.(C) Nos.1430-1431/2019 in SLP(C) Nos.8658-8659/2019 (XI-A) (FOR ADMISSION; IA No.72855/2019 - FOR LISTING REVIEW PETITION IN OPEN COURT; and, IA No. 72854/2019 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No.1312/2019 (X)

3 W.P.(C) No.832/2019 (X) (IA No.98935/2020 – FOR EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) Diary No.22242/2019 (XIV-A) W.P.(C) No.1218/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.107579/2020 – FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) W.P.(C) No.1332/2020 (X) W.P.(C) No.141/2018 (X) (IA No. 26357/2018 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.69/2018 (X) (IA No. 14965/2018 – FOR EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No.118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No.411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION; and, IA No.63451/2018 – FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No.466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018 – FOR PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No.778/2018 (X) (IA No.69081/2019 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT; and, IA No.170449/2018 – FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) Diary No.46219/2019 (XIV).

4 Date : 18-01-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT Counsel for the Parties: Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General for India Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Basava Prabhu S. Patil, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Sujata Muni, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Arijit Prasad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Sachin Datta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Bhuvneshwari Pathak, Adv. Ms. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Mr. Jamshed Pesi Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Ashok Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR

5 Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. M/s. ARS Associates, AOR* Mr. Y. Rajagopala Rao, AOR Ms. Y. Vismal Rao, Adv. Mr. K. Pramod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chgowdhury, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Rashmi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Bahar U. Barqui, Adv. Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi, Adv. Mr. M.Z. Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv. Ms. Heena Khan, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathu, AOR Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv, Mr. Uday Prakash, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Ajay Chandra, Adv. Mr. Pranjal Saran, Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore, Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Ad.v M/s. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Raghenth Basant, Advocate Ms. Mahamaya Chatterjee, Advocate Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar DS, Adv. Ms. Aditi Dani, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR

6 Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Reena Roy, Adv. Mr. Akhil Roy, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. V.K. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sugam Mishra, Adv. Ms. Swagoti Batchas, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. D.P. Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S. Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. M/s. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Kaustub Narendran, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Laxmi, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Ms. Sheetal Rajput, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Atanu Saikia, Adv. Srija Choudhury Adv. Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Abhishek Prasad, Adv. Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Ms. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR

7 Ms. Sangeeta Bhart, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR M/s ARS Associates, AOR Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR M/s. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R ITEM NO.1 - SLP (C) Nos.16721-16722/2019 These Special Leave Petitions challenge the final judgment and order dated 12.10.2018 passed by the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam in Writ Petition (C) No.602 of 2015 and Writ Petition (C) No.13120 of 2015.

8 Special Leave Petition Diary No.9610 of 2019 arising out of the same judgment and order had come up before the Bench of Hon’ble the Chief Justice, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjiv Khanna, and was dismissed on 01.04.2019. It appears that Review Petition (Civil) Nos.1430-1431 of 2019 arising from said order of dismissal are still pending consideration. By order dated 12.07.2019, the instant Special Leave Petitions were directed to be listed alongwith Review Petition (Civil) Nos.1430-1431 of 2019 in open Court, by the Bench comprising Hon’ble the Chief Justice, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Aniruddha Bose. In the circumstances, since the instant Special Leave Petitions are directed to be listed alongwith Review Petitions, the Registry is directed to take requisite directions from the Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India for listing of these Special Leave Petitions alongwith connected matters before the appropriate Court on 29.01.2021. ITEM NO.37 – SLP (Civil) Diary No.46219/2019 (XIV) . List this matter after three weeks. (MUKESH NASA) (PRADEEP KUMAR) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.17 Court 8 (Video Conferencing) SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 1332/2020 TSIIC AND APIIC EMPLOYEES WELFARE TRUST & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT ORGANISATION & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) Date :07-01-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY For Petitioner(s) Mr. Y. Raja Gopala Rao, AOR Ms. Y. Vismai Rao, Adv. Mr. K Pramod Kumar, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with WP© 804/2018. [CHARANJEET KAUR] [ANITA RANI AHUJA] ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

Corrected ITEM NO.7 Court 3 (Video Conferencing) SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 1218/2020 RETIRED DAIRY EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS PRADESHIK COOPERATIVE DAIRY FEDERATION LIMITED & ORS.Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.107579/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ) Date : 05-01-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT For Petitioner(s) Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List alongwith W.P.(C) No.000233/2018 before the appropriate Court on 18.01.2021 after obtaining requisite direction from the Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India. (INDU MARWAH) (PRADEEP KUMAR) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.1 COURT NO.12 SECTION XIV-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS CONMT.PET.(C) No. 1917-1918/2018 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 HPTDC EMPLOYEES UNION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL BARTHWAL & ORS. Respondent(s)/ Alleged contemnors (IA No. 85695/2019 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 147085/2018 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 147082/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) WITH W.P.(C) Nos. 233/2018, 118/2018, 250/2018, 380/2018, 406/2018, 368/2018, 393/2018, 395/2018, 371/2018, 374/2018, 372/2018, 385/2018, 367/2018, 369/2018, 466/2018, 804/2018, 884/2018, 1167/2018, 1134/2018, 1430/2018, 1433/2018, 1428/2018,875/2019 466/2019, 512/2019, 511/2019, 601/2019 and 1312/2019 W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (IA No. 14965/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (IA No. 26357/2018 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (IA No. 170449/2018 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (IA No. 44627/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (IA No. 117553/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES IA No. 144028/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) W.P.(C) No. 390/2019 (IA No. 43954/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (FOR ADMISSION) 1

W.P.(C) No. 349/2019 (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 327/2019 (IA No. 43329/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 84636/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) W.P.(C) No. 352/2019 (IA No. 46449/2019 - STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 500/2019 (IA No. 62534/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 619-620/2019 in C.A. No. 10013-10014/2016 (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 06-02-2020 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH For Petitioner(s) Mr. Vikash Singh,Sr.Adv. Mr. Nidhesh Gupta,Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Ms. Vani Vyas,Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash,Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi,Adv. Mr. Amit,Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. Basava Prabhu Patil,Sr.Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Amit,Adv. Mr. Mohit Kaushik,Adv. Mr. Ikshit Singhal,Adv. Ms. Pallavi Singh,Adv. Mr. P.N.Mishra,Sr.Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Arijit Prasad,Sr.Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Chaturvedi,Adv. Mr. Jeetendra Kumar,Adv. Mr. Suresh Prasad,Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Nidhesh Gupta,Sr.Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. Shantanu Jugtawat,Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar,Adv. Mr. L.Nidhiram Sharma,Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR 2

Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Abhishek Prasad,Adv. Mr. Shwetank Singh,Adv. Ms. Dhairya Madan,Adv. Ms. Akanksha Dixit,Adv. Mr. Anip Sachthey,Sr.Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan,Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan,Adv. Ms. Kiran Dhawan,Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey,Adv. Mr. Chetanaya Singha,Adv. For M/s Ars Associates, AOR Mr. V.Shekhar,Sr.Adv. Mr. Shashank Shekhar,Adv. Ms. Sheetal Rajput,Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan,Sr.Adv. Mr. Neeraj Chaudhari,Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shurtanjaya Bhardwaj,Adv. Mr. Vishal Sinha,Adv. Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar,Sr.Adv. Mr. Akash Kakade,Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Adish C.Aggrawal,Sr.Adv. Mr. R.Anand Padmanabhan,Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Mohan Parasaran,Sr.Adv. Mr. Ashwin Kumar D.S.,Adv. Mr. Vishnu Kumar,Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. R.Anand Padmanabhan,Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Ms. Vani Vyas,Adv. Ms. Sushma Singh,Adv. Mr. Atanu Saikia,Adv. Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Naresh Kaushik,Adv. Mr. Nishant Gautam,Adv. For Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR 3

Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari,Adv. Mr. R.R.Kumar,Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar,Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul,Adv. Mr. Grijesh Pandey,Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Ms. Alapana Pandey,Adv. Mr. S.Sahu,Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta,Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh,Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Pranjal Saran,Adv. Mr. Ajay Chandra,Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K.Venugopal, AG UOI & EPFO Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal,Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kohli,Adv. Mr. Rana Mukherjee,Sr.Adv. Mr. R.Bala,Sr.Adv. Mr. Suresh Kumar,Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, AOR Mr. Ashok K.Gupta,Sr.Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta,Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Raushal Kumar,Adv. Mr. C.U.Singh,Sr.Adv. Mr. Sidharth Sharma,Adv. Ms. Nandini Gore,Adv. Ms. Tahira Karanjawala,Adv. Ms. Natasha Sahrawat,Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh,Adv. For M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR 4

Mr. Sachin Datta,Sr.Adv. Mr. K.C.Kaushik,Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. V.N.Koura,Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur,Adv. Ms. Paramjeet Benipal,Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham,Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham,Adv. For M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Ms. Anushka Sharda,Adv. Mr. Sanjeev K.Kapoor,Adv. For M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Keshav Mohar,Adv. Mr. Rishi K.Awasthi,Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar,Adv. Mr. Piyus Vatsa,Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Mr. Adarsh Tripathi,Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Laxmi Kumari,Adv. Mr. Eshna Kumar,Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Akshay Sapre,Adv. Mr. Tabrez Malawat,Adv. Mr. Gibran Naushad,Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. E.R.Kumar,Adv. Mr. D.P.Mohanty,Adv. Ms. S.Lakshmi Iyer,Adv. Mr. Ishan Nagar,Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur,Adv. For M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. R.K.Kapoor,Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor,Adv. Ms. Priya Pandey,Adv. Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery, AOR Mr. Aseet Singh Varma,Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti,Adv. Mr. Krishanu Adhikary,Adv. Ms. Anubha Dhulia,Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR 5

Mr. Mohit Rohatgi,Adv. Mr. Rajendera Dhangwal,Adv. Mr. K. Narendran,Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Ashim Vachher,Adv. Mr. Vaibhav D.,Adv. Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Rishab Kumar, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Learned Attorney General has pointed out to us that the petitions arising out from the judgment of the Kerala High Court being SLP(Civil)Nos.16721-16722/2019 have been directed to be listed before a Bench of Hon'ble the Chief Justice, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anirudda Bose (Three-Judge Bench) in terms of order dated 12th July, 2019 and even the Review Petitions have been directed to be listed in open Court. We are of the view that undoubtedly this would have ramification in the present matters and thus it may be appropriate to list the present matters also along with those matters so that a call can be taken whether these matters have to be heard after the decision of that matter or whether the parties in the present matters will 6

also get an opportunity to address the Court in those proceedings. (ANITA MALHOTRA) (ANITA RANI AHUJA) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER 7

ITEM NO.4 COURT NO.5 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 1312/2019 MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 18-11-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar,Adv. Ms. Sunaina P.,Adv. Mr. Rishab Kumar,Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R We have heard Mr. Mohit Paul, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners. Issue notice. Tag along with W.P.(C)No.118 of 2018. (MAHABIR SINGH) (BEENA JOLLY) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.40 COURT NO.9 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 20044/2019 MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.144536/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING ) Date : 14-10-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA [IN CHAMBER] For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mohit Paul, AOR Mr. Kartik Nayar, Adv Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Delay is condoned in refiling the petition. (MANASWINI DEVI SHARMA) (HARI SWAROOP PARASHER) SENIOR PERSONAL ASSIS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

ITEM NO.13 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No(s).875/2019 GHANSHYAM WANGNEO & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ANR. Respondent(s) Date : 19-07-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE For Petitioner(s) Mr. A.M. Singhvi,Sr.Adv. Mr. Akash Kakade,Adv. Mr. Neelmani Pant,Adv. Mr. Swetab Kumar,Adv. Mr. Somnatha Padhan,Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan,AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118/2018. (Anand Prakash) (Sarita Purohit) Branch Officer AR-cum-PS

1 ITEM NO.4 COURT NO.1 SECTION XIV S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS CONTEMPT PETITION (C) NOS.1917-1918/2018 in C.A.NOS. 10013-10014/2016 HPTDC EMPLOYEES UNION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL BARTHWAL & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln.(s) for directions, deleting the name of petitioner/ respondent and exemption from filing O.T.) WITH W.P.(C) No.233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X)-(With appln. for ex-parte stay) W.P.(C) No.141/2018 (X)-(With appln. for ex-parte stay) W.P.(C) No.118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.360/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.411/2018 (X)-(With appln. for appropriate directions)

2 W.P.(C) No.466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.594/2018 (X)-(With appln. for permission to file synopsis and list of dates) W.P.(C) No.884/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.778/2018 (X)-(With appln. for intervention/impleadment) W.P.(C) No.874/2018 (X)-(With appln. for intervention/impleadment) W.P.(C) No.1149/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1134/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.390/2019 (X)-(With appln. for ex-parte stay) W.P.(C) No.269/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.349/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.327/2019 (X)-(With appln. for ex-parte stay and intervention/impleadment) W.P.(C) No.466/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.352/2019 (X)-(With appln. for stay) W.P.(C) No.512/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.511/2019 (X) W.P.(C) No.500/2019 (X)-(With appln. for ex-parte stay) CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.619-620/2019 in C.A.Nos.10013-10014/2016 (XIV) W.P.(C) No.601/2019 (X) Date : 16-07-2019 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE

3 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anand Varma,AOR Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar,AOR Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi,AOR M/s. ARS Associates,AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee,AOR Ms. Pooja Dhar,AOR Mr. Sumit R. Sharma,AOR Mr. Ramjee Pandey,AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta,AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra,AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik,AOR Ms. Manjula Gupta,AOR Mr. Anil Nag,AOR Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri,AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee,AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Smarhar Singh,AOR Mr. Siddharth,AOR Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, AOR Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad,AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja,AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh,AOR M/s. Parekh & Co.,AOR M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co.,AOR M/s. Karanjawala & Co.,AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik,AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh,AOR Mr. Syed Jafar Alam,AOR Mr. Satish Kumar,AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal,AOR M/s. Khaitan & Co.,AOR Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao,AOR Mr. Ajit Pudussery,AOR Mr. Rajiv Kumar,AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List in due course. (Anand Prakash) (Sarita Purohit) Branch Officer AR-cum-PS

SLP(C) D.No. 11023/2019 1 ITEM NO.11 COURT NO.1 SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No. 11023/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC Nos. 602/2015 and 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) UNION OF INDIA Petitioner VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B. & ORS. Respondents (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.88750/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.88751/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.88752/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING IA No. 95218/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Date : 12-07-2019 This matter was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE For Petitioner Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR For Respondents Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Ms. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Reegan S. Bel, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. V.S. Lakshmi, Adv. Mr. Zartab Anwar, Adv. Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. M. Benny P. Thomas, Adv.

SLP(C) D.No. 11023/2019 2 Mr. Siddharth, Adv. (AOR) Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Delay condoned. List the present matter alongwith Review Petition (Civil) Nos. 1430-1431/2019 in open Court. (Deepak Guglani) (Anand Prakash) Court Master Court Master

ITEM NO.26 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No. 832/2019 TATA WORKERS UNION & ANR. Petitioners VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondents (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 12-07-2019 This matter was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE For Petitioners Mr. Ravindra Shrivastava, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rohan Thawani, Adv. Mr. Anuj Narula, Adv. Mr. Hardeep Singh Anand, Adv. Mr. Anandd Dilip Daga, Adv. Ms. Gunjan Ahuja, Adv. Mr. Iqram Govind Singh, Adv. Ms. Vandana Sehgal, AOR For Respondents UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List the matter alongwith SLP(C) Diary No. 11023/2019. (Deepak Guglani) (Anand Prakash) Court Master Court Master

ITEM NO.1009 SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS REVIEW PETITION (CIVIL) NOS.1430-1431 OF 2019 IN SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NOS.8658-8659 OF 2019 EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION AND ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln.(s) for permission to file additional documents/facts/Annexures and for listing review petition in open Court) Date : 10-07-2019 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA By Circulation UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R The matter is adjourned by a week. (Chetan Kumar) (Anand Prakash) A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master

ITEM NO.5 COURT NO.12 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 6198/2019 GHANSHYAM WANGNEO & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ANR. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.88122/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING) Date : 08-07-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA [IN CHAMBER] For Petitioner(s) Mr. Akash Kakade, Adv. Mr. N. Pant, Adv. Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Delay in re-filing the petition is condoned. (JYOTI GUPTA) (HARI SWAROOP PARASHER) SENIOR PERSONAL ASSISTANT ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

ITEM NO.12 COURT NO.1 SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No. 11023/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC Nos. 602/2015 and 13120/2015 passed by the High Court Of Kerala At Ernakulam) UNION OF INDIA Petitioner VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B. & ORS. Respondents (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.88750/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.88751/2019-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.88752/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING) Date : 05-07-2019 This matter was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE For Petitioner Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR For Respondents Mr. J.P. Cama, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Benny P. Thomas, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. V.S. Lakshmi, Adv. Mr. Zartab Anwar, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Ms. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth, Adv. Mr. A. Kumar Agrawal, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R As prayed for by learned counsel for the petitioner, the matter is adjourned to 12.7.2019. (Deepak Guglani) (Anand Prakash) Court Master Court Master

ITEM NO.19 COURT NO.1 SECTION XIV S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.619-620/2019 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 SETHUMADHAVAN KUMMANAT Petitioner(s) VERSUS P. VEERABHADRA SWAMY & ANR. Respondent(s) Date : 01-07-2019 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE For Petitioner(s) Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Atanu Saikia, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List the matter on 16 th July, 2019, along with other connected matters. (Chetan Kumar) (Anand Prakash) A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master

ITEM NO.28 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.601/2019 VINOD KUMAR BATRA & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln.(s) for ex-parte stay) Date : 01-07-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE For Petitioner(s) Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Sanjeeb Panigrahi, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.69 of 2018. (Chetan Kumar) (Anand Prakash) A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master

ITEM NO.17 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 512/2019 SATHANANDAM A. & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 511/2019 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) Date : 26-04-2019 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No. 118/2018. (SUSHIL KUMAR RAKHEJA) (ANAND PRAKASH) AR CUM PS BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.22 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 500/2019 C DOT ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.62534/2019-EX-PARTE STAY) Date : 26-04-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA For Petitioner(s) Mr. R.Venkata Ramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Praveen Vignesh, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No. 69 of 2018. (SUSHIL KUMAR RAKHEJA) (ANAND PRAKASH) AR CUM PS BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.27 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.466/2019 HPTDC PENSIONER’S WELFARE ASSOCIATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ANR. Respondent(s) Date : 15-04-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anil Nag, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with W.P.(C) No.778 of 2018. (Chetan Kumar) (Anand Prakash) A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master

ITEM NO.19 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No. 390/2019 POWERGRID RETIRED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION Petitioner VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondents (I.A. No. 43954/2019 – EX-PARTE STAY) Date : 08-04-2019 This matter was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA For Petitioner Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. For Respondents UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with W.P.(C) No. 69/2018. (Deepak Guglani) (Anand Prakash) Court Master Court Master

ITEM NO.25 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 349/2019 HUTESH CHANDER MADAN & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION ) Date : 05-04-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Neeraj Chaudhari, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Aman T., Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No. 69 of 2018. (SUSHIL KUMAR RAKHEJA) (ANAND PRAKASH) AR CUM PS BRANCH OFFICER

SLP D.9610/19 1 ITEM NO.33 COURT NO.1 SECTION XI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No.9610/2019 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-10-2018 in WPC No. 602/2015 12-10-2018 in WPC No.13120/2015 passed by the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam) THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL KUMAR B & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln.(s) for c/delay in filing SLP, exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and interim relief) Date : 01-04-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rishi K. Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alam Anvar, Adv. Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay, Sr. Adv. Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. V.S. Lakshmi, Adv. Mr. Roy Abraham, Adv. Ms. Seema Jain, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, Adv. Mr. E.M.S. Anam, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the relevant material.

SLP D.9610/19 2 Delay condoned. We find no merit in the special leave petition. The same is, accordingly, dismissed. Pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of. (Chetan Kumar) (Anand Prakash) A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master

ITEM NO.34 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.352/2019 SUPREME COURT BAR EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln.(s) for stay) Date : 01-04-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA For Petitioner(s) Mr. R. Venkata Ramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Surendra Singh Rana, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Sushma Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (Civil) No.69 of 2018. (Chetan Kumar) (Anand Prakash) A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master

ITEM NO.12 REGISTRAR COURT. 2 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE REGISTRAR RAJESH KUMAR GOEL WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 2439/2019 POWERGRID RETIRED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.43954/2019-EX-PARTE STAY and IA No.43944/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING) Date : 26-03-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. For Petitioner(s) Mr.Mukesh Kumar Singh,Adv. Ms.Vani Vyas,Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Delay in re-filing the petition is condoned. Registry to proceed further. RAJESH KUMAR GOEL Registrar SB

ITEM NO.31 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.327/2019 K. CHANDRASEKARAN & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln.(s) for ex-parte stay) Date : 25-03-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Sagar Kumar, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (Civil) No.69 of 2018. (Chetan Kumar) (Anand Prakash) A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master

CP(C) 1917-18/18 1 ITEM NO.45 COURT NO.1 SECTION XIV S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.1917-1918/2018 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 HPTDC EMPLOYEES UNION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL BARTHWAL & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing O.T. and permission to file application for direction) WITH W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (With appln.(s) for appropriate orders/directions) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (With appln.(s) for permission to file synopsis and list of dates) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 269/2019 (X)

CP(C) 1917-18/18 2 Date : 15-03-2019 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Basava Prabhu Patil, Sr. Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kaushik, Adv. Nidhi Ram Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shantanu J., Adv. Ms. Sushma Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Mr. Praveen Vignesh, Adv. Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Ankur Gupta, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/s. Ars Associates, AOR Mr. P.N. Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Mr. Prawal Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Aravind C., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Gayatri V., Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Adv. Mr. Grijesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Kalpana Pandey, Adv. Mr. Kulbhushan Arora, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Mohan Parasaran, Sr. Adv.

CP(C) 1917-18/18 3 Mr. Ashwin Kumar D.S., Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Pranjal Saran, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Adv. Mr. B. Purushothama Reddy, Adv. Mr. Manoj Joshi, Adv. Mr. Rahul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Omung Raj Gupta, Adv. Rebbela Dais, Adv. Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Dhairya Madan, Adv. Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR For Respondent(s) Ms. Shaheen, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Anish Gupta, Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Sanjay K. Shandilya, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Hemant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Aashim Vachar, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanupreet Kaur, Adv. Mr. E.R. Kumar, Adv. Mr. D.P. Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. Ms. Sumedha Sindhu, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. V.N. Koura, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Ms. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.

CP(C) 1917-18/18 4 M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. R.K. Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Kheyali, Adv. Ms. Sweta Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Mr. Rishi K. Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Arun Singh, Adv. Mr. Ankit Shukla, Adv. Mr. Abhilash Nag, Adv. Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Mohit Rohtagi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mrs. Shilpi Satyapriya Satyam, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Krishanu Adhikary, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Ms. Anushka Sharda, Adv. Ms. Diviagana Garg, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev K. Kapoor, Adv. M/s. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Ashok K. Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Win Kaul, Adv. Mr. Harshil, Adv. Mr. Rana Mukherjee, Sr. Adv. Mr. R. Bala, Adv. Mr. Suresh Kumar, Adv.

CP(C) 1917-18/18 5 Mr. Rajesh K. Singh, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Adv. Mr. Suvesh Kumar, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R List the matters for final disposal on a non-miscellaneous day. (Chetan Kumar) (Anand Prakash) A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master

ITEM NO.19 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.269/2019 FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA WORKERS’ UNION Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEE PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ORS. Respondent(s) Date : 11-03-2019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Sr. Adv. Mr. R.R. Kumar, Adv. Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (Civil) No.118 of 2018. (Chetan Kumar) (Anand Prakash) A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master

ITEM NO.43 REGISTRAR COURT. 1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE REGISTRAR ANIL LAXMAN PANSARE IA 14965/2018, in Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 69/2018 WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NTPC EX EMPOYEES OF INDIA (WANEEI) Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) ([TO BE TAKEN UP ALONGWITH ITEM NO. 22 I.E. WP(C) NO. 360/2018]) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X)

-2- Item No.43 W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.93634/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING and IA No.93639/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1428/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1430/2018 (X) Date : 25-01-2019 These matters were called on for hearing today. For Petitioner(s) Mr Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr Mohit Kaushik, Adv. Ms Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr Ashutosh Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr Sagar Kumar, Adv. Ms Shushma Singh, Adv. Mr Ranbir Singh Chhillir, Adv. Ms Amita, Adv. Mr Amit, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr Anip Sachthey, Adv. Ms Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/S M/s Ars Associates, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr R Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Ms Nishaka Tyagi, Adv. Mr Prawal, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Ms Gayati Verma, Adv.

-3- Item No.43 Mr Iqram Govind Singh, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr Ashwin Kumar D.S., Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Ms Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Vasudevan Raghavan, AOR Mr Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr Ravi Singh, Adv. Mr Dhruv Joshi, Adv. Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR For Respondent(s) Ms Laxmi Kumari, Adv. Mr Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr Gaurav Wadhwa, Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr Sanjay K Shandilya, Adv. Mr Apoorva Agrawal, Adv. Mr Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr Hemant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Ms Sumedha Sindhu, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Ms Aruna Mathur, AOR Mr Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr Piyush Choudhry, Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Mr Arun Singh, Adv. Mr Ankit Shukla, Adv. Mr Mool Singh, Adv. Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr Rajendra Dangwal, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms Khushboo Khan, Adv. Ms Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr Abhijeet Swaroop, Adv. Mr Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Ms Eshana Kumar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR

-4- Item No.43 UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 Respondent nos. 1 and 5 have failed to file counter affidavit despite last opportunity having been granted, as such, further opportunity is declined. W.P.(C) No.778/2018 Respondent no.4 has failed to file counter affidavit despite last opportunity having been granted, as such, further opportunity is declined. W.P.(C) No.1149/2018 Respondent nos.2 and 3 are granted four weeks time for filing counter affidavit. Service is complete on respondent nos. 1 and 4 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No.1167/2018 Respondent nos.1 and 3 are granted four weeks time for filing counter affidavit. Service is complete on respondent no.2 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No.1134/2018 Service is complete on respondent no.1. Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh steps to effect service on respondent no.2 within two weeks time. However, Ld. Counsel, Mr Abhishek Singh appearing on behalf of Mr Mushtaq Ahmad, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent nos. 1 and 2. Vakalatnama and counter affidavit be

-5- Item No.43 filed within four weeks time, as strictly last opportunity. W.P.(C) No.1428, 1430, 1433 of 2018 Respondent no.1 is granted four weeks time for filing counter affidavit. Await service/track report in respect of respondent nos. 2 and 3. Ld. Counsel, Mr Ashutosh Gupta appearing on behalf of Mr G.V.Rao, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent no.2 in WP(C) NO.1428/2018. Vakalatnama and counter affidavit be filed within four weeks time. Remaining matters Service is complete. Ld. Counsel for the petitioner in W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 has pointed out that the ld. Counsel for respondent nos. 2 and 3 has not complied with the order dt.22.11.2018 wherein respondent nos. 2 and 3 were directed to serve copy of the counter affidavit on the other side. None is present on behalf of respondent nos. 2 and 3. Ld. Counsel for respondent nos. 2 and 3 to serve copy of the counter affidavit on the ld. Counsel for the other side within one weeks time. Ld. Counsels appearing for the duly represented respondents appearing for the first time are granted four weeks time for filing counter affidavit. The ld. Counsels who are already appearing for the served respondents are granted four weeks time as last opportunity for filing counter affidavit.

-6- Item No.43 Ld. Counsel for the served respondents who were given last opportunity for filing counter affidavit and have not filed counter affidavit, their further opportunity stands declined. List again on 28.2.2019. ANIL LAXMAN PANSARE Registrar

ITEM NO.41 COURT NO.1 SECTION XIV S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS CONMT.PET.(C) NOS. 1917-1918/2018 IN C.A. NO. 10013-10014/2016 HPTDC EMPLOYEES UNION & ANR. PETITIONER(S) VERSUS SUNIL BARTHWAL & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) (FOR ADMISSION AND IA NO.147085/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. AND IA NO.147082/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION) Date : 21-01-2019 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr./Ms. Shubhangni Jain, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Mr. Piyush Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Rishi K. Awasthi, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R The matter be listed along with other connected matters list of which shall be furnished by the learned counsel for the respondents to the Court Master within four weeks. List the matters after four weeks. [VINOD LAKHINA] [ANAND PRAKASH] AR-cum-PS BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.28 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.1430/2018 INDIAN RARE EARTHS LTD. (OSCOM) RETIREES Petitioner(s) WELFARE ASSOCIATION & ANR. VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No.1433/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No.1428/2018 (X) Date : 10-12-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL For Petitioner(s) Mr. P.N. Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (Chetan Kumar) (Anand Prakash) A.R.-cum-P.S. Court Master

ITEM NO.49 REGISTRAR COURT. 1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE REGISTRAR ANIL LAXMAN PANSARE IA 14965/2018, in Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 69/2018 WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NTPC EX EMPOYEES OF INDIA (WANEEI) Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) ) WITH W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) ([TO BE TAKEN UP ALONGWITH ITEM NO. 22 I.E. WP(C) NO. 360/2018]) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X)

Item No.49 -2- W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.93634/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING and IA No.93639/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X) Date : 26-11-2018 These matters were called on for hearing today. For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Ms. Bhanu Priya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. Ms., Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/s Ars Associates, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Vaishali Goyal, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Chandra Kant Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar D.S., Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Vasudevan Raghavan, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Ravi Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, Adv.

Item No.49 -3- Ms. Shaheen, Adv. Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Mr. Prawal Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Sanjay K. Shandilya, Adv. Mr. Apoorva Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Hemant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Ms. Aruna Mathur, AOR Ms.Anuradha Arputham, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Mr. Arun Singh, Adv. Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Atulesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rajbahadur, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Sumeet, Adv. Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Siddhant Manral, Adv. Mr. Rahul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ravi Singh, Adv. Ms. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Shaheen, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, AOR Mr.Anis Ahmad Khan, AOR Mr. Dhanesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Eshna Kumar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Ms. Anubha Dhulia, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Krishanu Adhikar, Adv. Mr. Susheel Kumar Singh, AOR

Item No.49 -4- Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. M/s Parekh & co, AOR Ms. Saloni Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Adv. Mr. Vasudevan Raghavan, Adv. Ms. Bhanu Tanwar, Adv. Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R W.P.(C) No.69/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1. Despite last opportunity, vakalatnama and counter affidavit on behalf of respondent No.1 have not been filed. Further opportunity to file counter affidavit stands declined. Vakalatnama may be filed. Last opportunity is granted to respondent No.2 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. Respondent Nos.3 and 4 have already filed counter affidavit. The Ld. Counsel appearing for respondent No.4 has served the copy of counter affidavit on the Ld. Counsel for the petitioner today in the Court. W.P.(C) No.233/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance. Respondent Nos.2 and 3 have already filed counter affidavit. The Ld. Counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3 is

Item No.49 -5- directed to serve copy of the counter affidavit on the other side within one week. Opportunity to respondent Nos.4 to 9 to file counter affidavit has already been declined. W.P.(C) No.141/2018 Respondent Nos.1 and 2 have already filed counter affidavit. Respondent Nos.3 and 4 have filed counter affidavit but after the opportunity was declined. Registry to make a specific mention at the time of listing the matter before the Hon'ble Court. W.P.(C) No.118/2018 Respondent No.1 has already filed counter affidavit. Opportunity to respondent No.2 to file counter affidavit has already been declined. Service is complete on respondent No.3 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No.250/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1. Despite last opportunity, vakalatnama and counter affidavit on behalf of respondent No.1 have not been filed. Further opportunity to file counter affidavit stands declined. Vakalatnama may be filed. Respondent Nos.2 and 3 have filed counter affidavit but after the opportunity was declined. Registry to make a

Item No.49 -6- specific mention at the time of listing the matter before the Hon'ble Court. Service is complete on respondent Nos.4 and 5 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No. 372/2018, W.P.(C) No. 368/2018, W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 W.P.(C) No. 367/2018, W.P.(C) No. 371/2018, W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 W.P.(C) No. 374/2018, W.P.(C) No. 385/2018, W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 W.P.(C) No. 395/2018, W.P.(C) No. 406/2018, W.P.(C) No.360/2018 Complete matters. W.P.(C) No.411/2018 Respondent No.1 has already filed counter affidavit. Service is complete on respondent Nos.2 and 3 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 Counter affidavit on behalf of respondent No.1 has been filed but vakalatnama has not been filed on behalf of respondent No.1. Service is complete on respondent No.1. Vakalatnama may be filed within four weeks, as last opportunity. Respondent No.2 has already filed counter affidavit. Respondent Nos.3 and 4 have not filed counter affidavit, despite last opportunity. Further opportunity is declined. W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 Last opportunity is granted to respondent Nos.1 and 5 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks.

Item No.49 -7- Respondent Nos.2 to 4 have not filed counter affidavit, despite last opportunity. Further opportunity is declined. Service is complete on respondent No.6. Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to the Ld. Counsel for respondent No.6 for filing vakalatnama and counter affidavit. W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 Service is complete on respondent Nos.4 and 5. The Ld. Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.4 and 5 submitted that she will file vakalatnama and counter affidavit on behalf of the said respondents alongwith the application for condonation of delay in filing counter affidavit during the course of the day. Respondent Nos.2 and 3 have not filed counter affidavit, despite last and final opportunity. Further opportunity is declined. Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No.884/2018 Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to respondent Nos.2 and 3 for filing counter affidavit. Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance. Service is complete on respondent Nos.4 and 5. The Ld. Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.4 and 5 submitted that she will file vakalatnama and counter affidavit on behalf

Item No.49 -8- of the said respondents alongwith the application for condonation of delay in filing counter affidavit during the course of the day. W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance. Respondent Nos.2 and 3 have not filed counter affidavit, despite last opportunity. Further opportunity is declined. Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to respondent No.4 for filing counter affidavit. W.P.(C) No.874/2018 Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to respondent No.1 for filing counter affidavit. Service is complete on respondent Nos.2 and 4 but none has entered appearance. Respondent No.3 is unserved. However, the Ld. Advocate, Ms. Bhanu Tanwar submitted that vakalatnama on behalf of respondent No.3 has already been filed and seeks four weeks' time for filing counter affidavit. Registry to verify. If so, counter affidavit be filed within four weeks, as last opportunity, else fresh steps to be taken by the Ld. Counsel for the petitioner for service of respondent No.3 within two weeks. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh steps for service of respondent No.5 within two weeks, as last opportunity. Notice thereafter be issued.

Item No.49 -9- W.P.(C) No.1149/2018 Service is complete on respondent Nos.1 to 4 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No.1167/2018 Service is complete on respondent Nos.1 to 3 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No.1134/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1 but not complete on respondent No.2. The Ld. Advocate, Mr. Abhishek Singh, appearing on behalf of Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent Nos.1 and 2. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner has served the copy of pleadings to the Ld. Counsel for the said respondents today in the Court. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to take fresh steps for service of the unserved respondents in all the matters, if not taken, report within two weeks' time. Notice thereafter be issued. The Ld. Counsels appearing for the represented respondents for the first time are granted four weeks' time for filing counter affidavit.

Item No.49 -10- The Ld. Counsels who are already appearing for the served respondents are granted four weeks' time, as last opportunity, for filing counter affidavit. The Ld. Counsel for the served respondents who were given last opportunity for filing counter affidavit and have not filed counter affidavit may file counter affidavit during the course of the day, else further opportunity stands declined. List again on 25.1.2019. ANIL LAXMAN PANSARE Registrar

ITEM NO.17 COURT NO.1 SECTION XIV S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS CONMT.PET.(C) Nos.1917-1918/2018 in C.A. Nos.10013-10014/2016 HPTDC EMPLOYEES UNION & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS SUNIL BARTHWAL & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing O.T. and permission to file application for direction) Date : 13-11-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Shubhangu Jain, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. The personal presence of the alleged contemnors/respondents is dispensed with for the present. (Chetan Kumar) (Asha Soni) A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar

ITEM NO.12 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 1149/2018 PRADEEP KUMAR INANI & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION ) Date : 08-10-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH For Petitioner(s) Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the relevant material. Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.804 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (ASHA SONI) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

ITEM NO.13 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 1167/2018 BHUPENDER SINGH & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION ) Date : 08-10-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH For Petitioner(s) Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Nishant Gautam, Adv. Mr. Karn Deo Baghel, Adv. Mr. Amol Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Suyash Mohan Guru, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Joshi, Adv. Ms. Rebbeca Dais, Adv. Ms. Lalita Kaushik, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the relevant material. Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (ASHA SONI) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

ITEM NO.16 COURT NO.2 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.1134/2018 V.N. SHARMA & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ANR. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION ) Date : 28-09-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN SINHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.M. JOSEPH For Petitioner(s) Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Mr. Vasudevan Raghavan, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the relevant material. Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (POOJA ARORA) (ASHA SONI) COURT MASTER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

ITEM NO.47 REGISTRAR COURT. 1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE REGISTRAR MR. KAPIL MEHTA IA 14965/2018, in Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 69/2018 WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NTPC EX EMPOYEES OF INDIA (WANEEI) Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) ([TO BE TAKEN UP ALONGWITH ITEM NO. 22 I.E. WP(C) NO. 360/2018]) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X)

Item No.47 -2- (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.93634/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING and IA No.93639/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) Date : 20-09-2018 These matters were called on for hearing today. For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/S Ars Associates, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Ms. Nishaka Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Ms. Vaishali Goyal, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Chandra Kant Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Sanjay K. Shandilya, Adv. Mr. Apoorva Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Hemant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, AOR Mr. Vaibhav D. Adv. Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. D.P. Mohanty, Adv. Ms. S. Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv.

Item No.47 -3- Ms. Sumedha Sindhu, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mrs. Aruna Mathur, AOR Ms. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. Piyush Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. Arun Singh, Adv. Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Dhanesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Ms. Anubha Dhulia, Adv. Mr. Krishanu Adhikary, Adv. Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Arijit Oswal, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R W.P.(C) No.69/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1. Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to the Ld. Advocate, Mr.Vibhu Shanker Mishra, appearing on behalf of Ms. Anil Katiyar, Advocate-on-record for filing vakalatnama and counter affidavit on behalf of respondent No.1. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that proof of pleadings upon respondent No.2 has been served but t he Ld. Counsel for respondent No.2 submitted that he has received the copy of pleadings only on 17.9.2018 and sought time to file counter affidavit. Four weeks' time is granted for filing counter affidavit.

Item No.47 -4- Respondent Nos.3 and 4 have already filed counter affidavit. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that he has not received copy of the counter affidavit filed by respondent No.4. Be served within one week. W.P.(C) No.233/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance. The Ld. Counsel appearing for respondent Nos.2 and 3 submitted that he will file counter affidavit today itself. If so, be taken on record else further opportunity to file counter affidavit stands declined. Respondent Nos.4 to 9 have not filed counter affidavit, despite last and final opportunity. Further opportunity is declined. W.P.(C) No.141/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance. Last and final opportunity is granted to respondent No.2 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. Opportunity to respondent Nos.3 and 4 to file counter affidavit has already been declined. However, the Ld. Counsel for respondent Nos.3 and 4 submitted that they have filed counter affidavit on 19.9.2018. If so, be taken on record. Registry to verify and make a specific mention at the time of listing the matter before the Hon'ble Court. '

Item No.47 -5- W.P.(C) No.118/2018 Respondent No.1 has already filed counter affidavit. Opportunity to respondent No.2 to file counter affidavit has already been declined. Service is complete on respondent No.3 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No.250/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1. Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to the Ld. Counsel for respondent No.1 for filing vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Respondent Nos.2 and 3 have not filed counter affidavit, despite last and final opportunity. Further opportunity is declined. Service is complete on respondent Nos.4 and 5 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No. 372/2018, W.P.(C) No. 368/2018, W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 W.P.(C) No. 367/2018, W.P.(C) No. 371/2018, W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 W.P.(C) No. 374/2018, W.P.(C) No. 385/2018, W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 W.P.(C) No. 395/2018, W.P.(C) No. 406/2018, W.P.(C) No.360/2018 Respondent Nos.1 to 3 in all the matters have already filed counter affidavit. Respondent No.10 is common in all the matters except in WP 360/2018 has not filed counter affidavit, despite last opportunity. Further opportunity is declined. Service is complete on respondent Nos.4, 5, 7 to 9 and 11 to 13. Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to

Item No.47 -6- the Ld. Counsel for the said respondents for filing vakalatnama and counter affidavit. W.P.(C) No.411/2018 Last and final opportunity is granted to respondent No.1 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. Service is complete on respondent Nos.2 and 3 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 Counter affidavit on behalf of respondent Nos.1 and 2 has been filed but vakalatnama has not been filed on behalf of respondent No.1. Service is complete on respondent No.1. Vakalatnama may be filed within four weeks. Last and final opportunity is granted to respondent Nos.3 and 4 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 The Ld. Counsel appearing for respondent No.5 submitted that he is appearing on behalf of respondent No.6 also and seeking time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. Service is complete on respondent No.6. Last and final opportunity is granted to respondent Nos.2 to 4 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. Four weeks' time is granted to respondent Nos.1 and 5 for filing counter affidavit. W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 Service is complete on respondent Nos.4 and 5. Four

Item No.47 -7- weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to the Ld. Counsel for the said respondents for filing vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Last and final opportunity is granted to respondent Nos.2 and 3 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No.884/2018 Four weeks' time is granted to respondent Nos.2 and 3 for filing counter affidavit. Service is complete on respondent Nos.1, 4 and 5 but none has entered appearance on behalf of respondent No.1. The Ld. counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.4 and 5 seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance. Last and final opportunity is granted to respondent Nos.2 and 3 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. Four weeks' time is granted to respondent No.4 for filing counter affidavit. W.P.(C) No.874/2018 Four weeks' time is granted to respondent No.1 for filing counter affidavit.

Item No.47 -8- Service is complete on respondent Nos.2 and 4 but none has entered appearance. Respondent No.3 is unserved. The Ld. Advocate, Mr.Tabrez Malawat, appearing on behalf of Mr.Satish Kumar, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent No.3 and seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh steps for service of respondent No.5 within two weeks. Notice thereafter be issued. List again on 26.11.2018. KAPIL MEHTA Registrar 20.9.2018 rd

ITEM NO.48 REGISTRAR COURT. 1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE REGISTRAR MR. KAPIL MEHTA IA 14965/2018, in Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 69/2018 WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NTPC EX EMPOYEES OF INDIA (WANEEI) Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) ([TO BE TAKEN UP ALONGWITH ITEM NO. 22 I.E. WP(C) NO. 360/2018]) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X)

Item No.48 -2- (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.93634/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING and IA No.93639/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) Date : 14-08-2018 These matters were called on for hearing today. For Petitioner(s) Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Ms. Parul Shukla, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. R.Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Ms. Nishaka Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Ms. Harnain Kaur Alag, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. M/s Ars Associates, AOR Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Ms. Shaheen, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR For Respondent(s) Ms. Shaheen, Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Sanjay K. Shandilya, Adv. Mr. Apoorva Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Hemant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. Ms. Sumedha Sindhu, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Ms. Aruna Mathur, AOR Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR

Item No.48 -3- Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. Kabir Ghosh,Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Abhay Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ashish Bhan, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, AOR Mr. Mohit Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Chiranjivi Sharma, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. K. Paarivendhan, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Dhanesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. P. Piyush, Adv. Mr. Preet Pal Singh, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R W.P.(C) No. 69/2018 In the said petition, the Ld. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that service is already complete qua all the respondents. Respondent Nos.3 and 4 have filed counter affidavit. Three weeks' time has already been granted by the Hon'ble Court to respondent No.2 for filing counter affidavit. No counter affidavit has been filed by them. The Ld. Counsel requested that the matter may be listed before the Hon'ble Court. However, the Ld. Counsel for respondent No.2 in this matter submitted that he did not appear on the date of the passing such order. He has filed vakalatnama only on 6.7.2018.

Item No.48 -4- He further submitted that complete set of pleadings has yet not been served upon him. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to serve complete set of pleadings within one week and file proof thereof. The Ld. Counsel for respondent No.2 to file counter affidavit within four weeks thereafter. Service is complete on respondent No.1. The Ld. Advocate, Mr. Deepak Tyagi, appearing on behalf of Ms. Anil Katiyar, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent No.1. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. W.P.(C) No.118/2018 Last and final opportunity is granted to respondent No.1 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. Respondent No.2 has not filed counter affidavit, despite last and final opportunity having been granted. Further opportunity is declined. W.P.(C) No.141/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance. One week's time, as last opportunity, is granted to the Ld. Counsel for the petitioner for serving copy of complete set of pleadings upon respondent No.2 and file proof thereof. Counter affidavit be filed within four weeks thereafter. Respondent Nos.3 and 4 have not filed counter affidavit, despite last and final opportunity. Further opportunity is declined.

Item No.48 -5- W.P.(C) No.233/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance. Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to respondent Nos.2 to 9 for filing counter affidavit. W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1. Four weeks' time is granted to the Ld. Advocate, Ms. Nishaka Tyagi, appearing on behalf of Mr.Shashi Bhushan, Advocate-on-record for filing vakalatnama and counter affidavit on behalf of respondent No.1. Service is complete on respondent Nos.4 and 5 but none has entered appearance. Last and final opportunity is granted to respondent Nos.2 and 3 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance. Four weeks' time is granted to respondent Nos.2 to 4 for filing counter affidavit. W.P.(C)Nos.380, 406,368,393,395,371,374,372,385,367,360 and 369 2018 Service is complete on respondent Nos.4, 5, 7 to 9 and 11 to 13. Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to the Ld. Advocate, Mr. Rajat Kapoor, appearing on behalf of Mr.Anis Ahmad Khan, Advocate-on-record for filing vakalatnama and counter affidavit on behalf of the said respondents.

Item No.48 -6- The Ld. Advocate, appearing on behalf of Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent Nos.2 and 3 in W.P.(C) Nos.360 and 372/2018. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. The Ld. Counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3 submitted that complete set of pleadings has not been served. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to serve complete set of pleadings within one week after filing vakalatnama and file proof thereof. Period of four weeks for filing counter affidavit shall reckon thereafter. Service is complete on respondent Nos.2 and 3. Last and final opportunity is granted to respondent No.10 (common in all the matters except W.P.(C) No.360/2018) for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. Rest of the respondents have been served but no one has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 Four weeks' time is granted to respondent No.1 for filing counter affidavit. Service is complete on respondent Nos.2 and 3 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 Service is complete on respondent Nos.4 and 5. The Ld. Advocate, appearing on behalf of Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent Nos.4 and 5. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks.

Item No.48 -7- Service is complete on respondent Nos.2 and 3. The Ld. Advocate-on-record, Mr. Siddharth appears for respondent Nos.2 and 3. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. Rest of the respondents have been served but no one has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 Service is complete on respondent Nos.1 to 4 but none has entered appearance on behalf of respondent Nos.1 and 4. The Ld. Advocate, Mr. Keshav Mohan appears for respondent Nos.2 and 3. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 The Ld. Advocate-on-Record, Mr. Siddharth appears for respondent Nos.2 and 3. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. The Ld. Advocate, Mr. Rahul Kaushik appears for respondent No.4. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. Await service/track report in respect of the remaining respondents. W.P.(C) Nos.874 and 884/2018 Await service/track report in respect of respondent Nos.1 to 5. List again on 20.9.2018. KAPIL MEHTA Registrar rd 14.8.2018

ITEM NO.16 COURT NO.2 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.884/2018 RAMANAYAK TIWARI & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.93634/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING and IA No.93639/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) Date : 03-08-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN SINHA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Alpana Pandey, Adv. Ms. Chandrakanta Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the relevant material. Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.360/2018. (POOJA ARORA) (ASHA SONI) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.34 COURT NO.2 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO(S). 874/2018 ASSOCIATION OF FORMER EXECUTIVES OF HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD (HALE) & ORS. PETITIONER(S) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 03-08-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN SINHA For Petitioner(s) Ms. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the relevant material. Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (Civil) No.118 of 2018. [VINOD LAKHINA] [ASHA SONI] AR-cum-PS BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.2 REGISTRAR COURT. 1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE REGISTRAR MR. KAPIL MEHTA WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 19136/2018 RAMANAYAK TIWARI & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.93634/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING and IA No.93639/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) Date : 23-07-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. For Petitioner(s) Mr. Giriyesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Delay in re-filing the WP is condoned. Process as per rules. KAPIL MEHTA Registrar 23.7.2018 sb

ITEM NO.8 COURT NO.2 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 804/2018 SAIL RETIRED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (SERA) Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION (EPFO) & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION ) Date : 20-07-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI For Petitioner(s) Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the relevant material. Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.360 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (ASHA SONI) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.22 COURT NO.2 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 778/2018 BHEL SUPERANNUATED EXECUTIVE FORUM (DELHI) & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION ) Date : 13-07-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mohan Parasaran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwin Kumar D.S., Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the relevant material. Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (ASHA SONI) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.12 COURT NO.2 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 594/2018 R.K. MEHTA & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES ) Date : 09-07-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN SINHA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Girijesh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the relevant material. Permission to file synopsis and list of dates is granted. Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (ASHA SONI) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.42 COURT NO.11 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 69/2018 WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NTPC EX EMPLOYEES OF INDIA (WANEEI) Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) IA No.14965/2018 – EX-PARTE STAY Date : 04-07-2018 This matter was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT For Petitioner(s) Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash,Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh,Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas,Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi,Adv. Mr. L.Nidhiram Sharma,Adv. For Respondent(s) Ms. Sushma Verma,Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav,Adv. For Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Adarsh Tripathi,Adv. Ms. Shaheen,Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja,Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the point involved in this petition is also the subject matter of two pending Writ Petitions being Writ Petition (Civil)Nos.141/2018 and 118/2018, though filed by the different Associations. Let this petition be tagged with Writ Petition(Civil)Nos.141/2018 and 118/2018. (ANITA MALHOTRA) (CHANDER BALA) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER

ITEM NO.9 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 466/2018 P. DHANAPAL & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION ) Date : 18-05-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI For Petitioner(s) Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Ms. Ananya Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the relevant material. Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (ASHA SONI) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.92 REGISTRAR COURT. 1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE REGISTRAR MR. KAPIL MEHTA Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 118/2018 RETIRED OFFICERS WELFARE SOCIETY & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) ([TO BE TAKEN UP ALONGWITH ITEM NO. 22 I.E. WP(C) NO. 360/2018]) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) Date : 17-05-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/s Ars Associates, AOR Mrs. Parul Shukla, Adv.

Item No.92 -2- Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Ms. Ananya Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak,Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. Ms. Sumedha Sindhu, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Sanjay K. Shandilya, Adv. Mr. Apoorva Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Hemant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, AOR Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. Piyush Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Anis Ahmad Khan, AOR Ms. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R W.P.(C) No.118/2018 The Ld. Counsel for respondent No.1 submitted that he has been served with complete set of pleadings and sought time to file counter affidavit. Counter affidavit be filed within four weeks. Last and final opportunity is granted to respondent No.2 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. Service is complete on respondent No.3 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 Service is complete on respondent Nos.1 and 2 but none has entered appearance on behalf of respondent No.1.

Item No.92 -3- The Ld. Advocate, Mr. Hemant Sharma, appearing on behalf of Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent No.2. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Vakalatnama be filed within one week. The Ld. Counsel for respondent No.2 further submits that copy of complete set of pleadings has not been served upon him. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to serve copy of complete set of pleadings to the Ld. Counsel for the said respondent within one week after filing vakalatnama by the Ld. Counsel appearing for the said respondent and file proof thereof with the Registry. Counter affidavit be filed within four weeks thereafter. Last and final opportunity is granted to respondent No.3 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks. The Ld. Counsel for respondent No.4 submitted that vakalatnama has been filed yesterday and sought time to file counter affidavit. Counter affidavit be filed within four weeks, as last opportunity. W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 Service is complete on respondent Nos.1 to 5 and 7 to 9 but not complete on respondent No.6. The Ld. Advocate-on-record,, Mr. Siddharth appears for respondent Nos.2 and 3. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. The Ld. Advocate, Mr. Rajat Kapoor, appearing on behalf of Mr. Anis Ahmad Khan, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent Nos.4 to 9 and submits that they have filed

Item No.92 -4- vakalatnama yesterday. He seeks time to file counter affidavit on behalf of the said respondents. Be filed within four weeks. W.P.(C) No.250/2018 Service is complete on respondent Nos.1, 4 and 5 but none has entered appearance. Four weeks' time is granted to respondent Nos.2 and 3 for filing counter affidavit. W.P.(C) Nos.360, 367, 368, 369, 371, 372, 374, 380, 385, 393, 395 and 406/2018 The Ld. Advocate, Mr. Rajat Kumar, appearing on behalf of Mr. Anis Ahmad, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent Nos.4, 5 and 7 to 13 in W.P.(C) Nos.380, 406, 368, 393, 395, 371, 374, 372, 385, 367, 369 and 360/2018. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. Last opportunity is granted to the Ld. Counsel for the petitioner for filing affidavit of dasti service in respect of common unserved respondents in all the above matters within four weeks. W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 Await service/track report in respect of respondent Nos.1 to 3. List again on 14.8.2018. KAPIL MEHTA Registrar 17.5.2018 rd

ITEM NO.7 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 411/2018 D. K. KHANNA & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) Date : 07-05-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN SINHA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Veera mahuli, Adv. Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the relevant material. Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (ASHA SONI) BRANCH OFFICER

1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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1 REVISED ITEM NO.22+55 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 360/2018 M/S BHPV RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) WITH W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) Date : 27-04-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. . Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr/Ms. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Dasti, in addition, is permitted. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) BRANCH OFFICER

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ITEM NO.52 COURT NO.8 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 69/2018 WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NTPC EX EMPOYEES OF INDIA (WANEEI) Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) Date : 13-04-2018 This matter was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE For Petitioner(s) Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash,Adv. Mr. Amit,Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas,Adv. Mr. Abhishek Tripathi,Adv. Mr. L.Nidhiram Sharma,Adv. Mr. Shantanu Jugtawat,Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Ashim Vachher,Adv. Mr. Pawash Piyush,Adv. Mr. Pritpal Singh, AOR Ms. Shaheen,Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R As prayed, three weeks' time is granted to file counter affidavit. Rejoinder affidavit be filed within two weeks thereafter. List the matter after five weeks. (ANITA MALHOTRA) (CHANDER BALA) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER

ITEM NO.77 REGISTRAR COURT. 1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE REGISTRAR MR. KAPIL MEHTA Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 118/2018 RETIRED OFFICERS WELFARE SOCIETY & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) Date : 10-04-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. For Petitioner(s) Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR M/s Ars Associates, AOR Ms. Parul Shukla, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Ms. Ananya Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. Ms. Sumedha Sindhu, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Sanjay K. Shandilya, Adv. Mr. Hemant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 The Ld. Counsel for respondent No.1 submits that he has not received the complete set of pleadings. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to serve complete set of

Item No.77 -2- pleadings with proof of service of pleadings upon the Ld. Counsel for respondent No.1 within one week, as last opportunity. Counter affidavit be filed within four weeks thereafter. The Ld. Counsel for respondent No.2 submitted that they have received the copy of complete set of pleadings. Four weeks' time is granted for filing counter affidavit. Service is complete on respondent No.3 but none has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 Service is complete on respondent Nos.1 to 4 but none has entered appearance on behalf of respondent Nos.1 and 2. The Ld. Advocate, Mr. Sarthak Gaur, appearing on behalf of M/s.Parekh & Co., Advocate-on-record for respondent No.3 submits that they have filed vakalatnama on behalf of respondent No.3 yesterday and seeks time for filing counter affidavit. Four weeks' time is granted to respondent No.3 for filing counter affidavit. The Ld. Counsel for respondent No.3 appears for respondent No.4 also and seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. The Ld. Counsel for the said respondents further requests for copy of complete set of pleadings. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to serve copy of the complete set of pleadings with proof of service of pleadings upon the said respondents within one week. Period of four weeks for filing counter affidavit shall reckon thereafter.

Item No.77 -3- W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 Await service/track report in respect of respondent Nos.1 to 9. List again on 17.5.2018. KAPIL MEHTA Registrar 10.4.2018 rd

ITEM NO.11 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 250/2018 MADRAS FERTILIZERS RETIRED EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 09-04-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI For Petitioner(s) Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the relevant material. Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (ASHA SONI) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.10 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 233/2018 M.CHOCKALINGAM & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 28-03-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI For Petitioner(s) Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Mr. Ananya Mukharjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay R., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice. Tag with Writ Petition(C) No.141 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (ASHA SONI) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.79 REGISTRAR COURT. 1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE REGISTRAR MR. KAPIL MEHTA Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 118/2018 RETIRED OFFICERS WELFARE SOCIETY & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) Date : 23-03-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/s Ars Associates, AOR Ms. Parul Shukla, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 The Ld. Advocate, Ms.Simran Jeet, appearing on behalf of Ms. Aruna Mathur, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent No.2. She seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Vakalatnama be filed within two weeks. The Ld. Counsel for respondent No.2 further submits that copy of pleadings be supplied to her. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to supply copy of complete set of pleadings to the Ld. Counsel for respondent No.2 within one week after filing vakalatnama by the Ld. Counsel appearing for respondent No.2 and file proof thereof with the Registry. The

Item No.79 -2- Ld. Counsel for the respondent No.2 is granted four weeks' time thereafter for filing counter affidavit. Respondent Nos.1 and 3 have been served but no one has entered appearance. W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 Await service/track report in respect of respondent Nos.1 to 4. List again on 10.4.2018. KAPIL MEHTA Registrar 23.3.2018 rd

ITEM NO.35 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 41778/2017 M.CHOCKALINGAM & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.32641/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING) Date : 16-03-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA [IN CHAMBER] For Petitioner(s) Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Ms. Ananya Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Akshay K., Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Delay in refiling the petition is condoned. (SUSHIL KUMAR RAKHEJA) (TAPAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.64 COURT NO.8 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 69/2018 WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NTPC EX EMPOYEES OF INDIA (WANEEI) Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.14965/2018-EX-PARTE STAY) Date : 12-03-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE For Petitioner(s) Mr. R.Venkata Ramani,Sr.Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Ms. Vani,Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash,Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh,Adv. Mr. Yashraj Bundela,Adv. Mr. Amit,Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar,Adv. Mr. Praveen Vignesh,Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Issue notice returnable within four weeks. (ANITA MALHOTRA) (CHANDER BALA) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER

ITEM NO.17 COURT NO.3 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 141/2018 BHARAT PETROLEUM RETIRED MANAGEMENT STAFF ASSOCIATION DELHI Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.26357/2018-EX-PARTE STAY and IA No.26359/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) Date : 09-03-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Adhitya Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Kiran Dhawan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. For M/s ARS Associates, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the relevant material. Permission to file list of dates is granted. Issue notice returnable in six weeks. Tag with Writ Petition (C) No.118 of 2018. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (ASHA SONI) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.817 COURT NO.1 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No.69/2018 WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NTPC EX EMPOYEES Petitioner(s) OF INDIA (WANEEI) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH W.P.(C) No.141/2018 Date : 07-03-2018 This petition was MENTIONED today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD For Petitioner(s) Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Ravi Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Jugtawat, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R On mentioning, the matter is taken on Board. List the matter on 12 th March, 2018, before the appropriate Bench as per the roster. (Chetan Kumar) (H.S. Parasher) Court Master Assistant Registrar

ITEM NO.19 COURT NO.2 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 118/2018 RETIRED OFFICERS WELFARE SOCIETY & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 23-02-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI For Petitioner(s) Mr. P.N. Mishra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Parul Shukla, Adv. Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the relevant material. Issue notice. (NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER (ASHA SONI) BRANCH OFFICER

ITEM NO.22 COURT NO.8 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition (Civil) No.69/2018 WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NTPC EX EMPOYEES OF INDIA (WANEEI) Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.14965/2018-EX-PARTE STAY) Date : 05-02-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE For Petitioner(s) Mr. Gurudatta Ankolkar, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R A letter has been circulated by learned counsel for the petitioner seeking adjournment for four weeks on the ground that counsel for the petitioner is suffering from severe viral flu and throat infection. Time prayed for is granted. The matter is adjourned for four weeks. (ASHA SUNDRIYAL) (CHANDER BALA) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER