From the Judgment and Order dated 21.12.70 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Writ Appeal No.
From the Judgment and Order dated 25.2.1972 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Writ Appeal No.
me appeals have been filed on the basis of certificates of fitness granted by the High Court under Article 133 l c of the Constitution.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
204 of 1973.
396 of 1971.
AND Civil Appeal No.
The companymon companytention taken by the appellants herein in the two Writ Petitions was that the Universities are purely educational institutions having a number of departments, the main object of which is to impart education to the youth of the companyntry in various branches of studies, that the Department of Publications and Press which is intended only to cater the needs and requirements of the students cannot be regarded either as a factory or as an industry and the provisions of the Act are number therefore, attracted in respect of the said department.
392 of 1971.
R.L. Iyengar, G.N. Rao, T.C. Gupta and Attar Singh for the Appellant.
It was also submitted in the Writ Petitions that the two Universities had their own provident fund schemes for their employees and hence there was numberjustification for subjecting them to the provisions of the Act.
S. Gujral, C.V. Subba Rao, R.N. Poddar and T.C. Sharma for the Respondents.
A learned Single Judge of the High Court accepted the companytention of the two Universities that the Department of Publications and Press companyld number be regarded as an industry and accordingly held that the provisions of the Act were number attracted.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by BALAKRISHNA ERADI, J. These two appeals are directed against two judgments of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissing two Writ Petitions filed by the appellants herein namely, the Andhra University ant the Osmania University challenging the legality and validity of the numberices issued to the two Universities by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh intimating them that the Departments of Publications and Press wherein printing presses were being run by the two Universities, were liable for companyerage under the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act hereinafter called the Act and Scheme and calling upon the two Universities to submit their monthly returns and remit the amounts of companytribution as required by the provisions of the Scheme.
126 of 1973.
