WP No. 35719 of 2025 __________ Page1 of 2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 27-07-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K. SURENDER WP No. 35719 of 2025 AND WMP NO. 39983 OF 2025 M/s.Hotel Saravana Bhavan B, 55, Ashok Pillar Road, Kk Nagar, Chennai 600 078, Rep. By Its Partner. ..Petitioner(s) Vs The Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner Employees Provident Fund Organisation, 37, Royapettah High Road, Chennai-600 014 ..Respondent(s) Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to quash the order dated 30.07.2025 passed in EPFA No.53, of 2017 by the Honble Central Government Industrial Tribunal Cum-Labour Court, Chennai Confirming the order dated 11.10.2017 passed by the Respondent under Section 14B of the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 directing the Petitioner to pay a sum of Rs.1,76,64,445/- (Rupes One Crore Seventy Six Lakhs Sixty Flurt Thousand Four Hundred Forty Five Only), as damages for the period from 10/2023 to 02/2016. For Petitioner(s): Mr.C.Manohar Gupta For Respondent(s): M/s. K. Venkatesan Standing Counsel for Provident Fund Commissioner https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 35719 of 2025 __________ Page2 of 2 K.SURENDER J. JAI ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo stating that he intends to avail the benefit of the VISHWAS 2026 Scheme dated 29.06.2026 introduced by Employment Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and he has also made an endorsement in the case bundle to that effect. 2. In view of the above, this Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. The petitioner is at liberty to restore the Writ Petition in the event of the petitioner’s case not falling within the terms and conditions listed in the VISHWAS 2026 Scheme dated 29.06.2026. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitioners are closed. K.SURENDER J. 27-07-2026 Neutral Citation: Yes/No JAI To The Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner Employees Provident Fund Organisation, 37, Royapettah High Road, Chennai-600 014. WP No. 35719 of 2025 AND WMP NO. 39983 OF 2025 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis