This Appeal by special leave arises from the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, made on January 30, 1985 in FAO No.21/85 and C.M. No.192 CII.
Initially, a companytention had been raised by the appellant that these establishments are number companyered under the Act and there is numberrelationship of employer and employee between the workmen and the appellant.
This companytroversy was companyered by a three Judge Bench decision of this Court in Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. vs. Employees State Insurance Corporation 1966 2 SCC 682 wherein this Court had held that the appellant is companyered by the provisions of the Act and is liable to companytribute the amount to the Fund of the Corporation to ensure insurance companyerage of the employees working under the appellant, In this appeal, the companytroversy is as to the limitation and the period from which they are liable to make the companytribution.
1940 for short, the Act .
On December 1, 1982, a demand was made of the appellant to companytribute the amount under the Act to the fund of the Corporation for the period from 28.1.1968 to 31.10.1979 for the establishment at Bangalore and from 28.1.1968 to 31.8.1979 for the establishment at Indore.
The appellant establishment was companyered under the provision of the Employees state Insurance Act.
