Cgit-1 Delhi order dated 13.04.2026 D-1/10/2026 M/s Devinder Singh vs APFC on 13 April 2026

BEFORE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL CUM LABOUR COURT, DELHI

D-1/10/2026 M/s Devinder Singh vs. APFC, Delhi North.

Present: Sh. Rajiv Arora, Ld. Counsel for the Appellant.

Sh. B.B. Pradhan, Ld. counsel & Sh. Mahendra Meena, A/R for the Respondent.

Order Dated-13.04.2026

The appellant has filed the present appeal challenging the orders dated 03.02.2026 passed under section 14-B and 7-Q of the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) passed by the respondent whereby he had imposed damages of Rs.93,23,308/- under section 14-B of the Act and further imposed the interest amount of Rs.23,70,177/- upon the appellant.

As reported by the office, the appeal is within time. An application under rule 21 of the Tribunal Procedure Rules, 1997 seeking ad-interim directions/stay of the operation of the impugned order has been filed by the appellant.

Sh. B.B. Pradhan, learned counsel for the respondent accepts notice on behalf of the respondent. Respondent is directed to file the reply to the stay application and to the main appeal on 12.08.2026.

In the meantime, the respondent shall not take any coercive steps to recover the amounts under the impugned orders passed by the respondent in this case. Sd/- (Ajay Kumar Jain) Presiding Officer