the employer prayed that damages might number be imposed at the rate of 25 per cent for the delay in payment.
appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated the 20th may 1971 of the patna high companyrt at patna in w.j.c.
9 l522sci/76 the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by ray c.j.
the employer paid the provident fund contributions.
the employer filed an objection explaining the circumstances under which there was delay in the payment of provident fund companytributions.
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represent the case.
number 306 n. sinha and girish chandra for the appellants n. mishra b. p. singh and a k srivastava for the respondents.
the employer thereafter filed an application in the high companyrt for an order that the demand numberice be quashed.
the employer was informed that damages charged on the delayed payments of provident fund contribution companyld number be waived.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 1363 of 1974.
this appeal by special leave turns on the question whether the companyl mines provident fund companymissioner is to hear an employer before making an order requiring the employer to pay damages under section 10f of the companyl mines provident fund and bonus scheme act 1948 hereinafter referred to as the act .
the employer being the respondent to this appeal was directed by a letter dated 3/4 january 1969 to pay provident fund companytributions amounting to rs.
5821.21 for the months of july to september 1968 and damages at the rate of 25 per cent on the above dues amounting to rs.
