IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7211 of 2026 ====================================================== 1. M/S NIKHIL ENGICON WORKS PRIVATE LIMITED (CIN U45200BR2008PTC013789) a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013, Registered Office 807-B, Lotus Apartment, Road No.- 1F, Near IIT Patna, New Patliputra Colony, VTC Boring Road, Patna, P.O and P.S. Patliputra, District- Patna, Bihar- 800013, Represented through its Authorized Representative, Ravi Kant Dubey. 2. RAVI KANT DUBEY, S/o H.L. Dubey, Resident of 807-B Lotus Apartment, Road No.- 1F. Near IIT Patna, New Patliputra Colony, Boring Road, Patna, P.O and P.S. Patliputra, District - Patna. 3. MAMTA DUBEY, W/o Ravi Kant Dubey, Resident office of 807-B, Lotus Apartment, New Patliputra Colony, P.O Patliputra, District- Patna, Bihar- 800013. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The Employee State Insurance Corporation Through its Director General, Panchsheel Bhawan, August Kranti Marg New Delhi-110001. 2. The Regional Director, Employee State Insurance Corporation Panchdeep Bhawan, J.L. Nehru Marg, Patna, Bihar - 800001. 3. The Assistant Director, Employee State Insurance Corporation, Panchdeep Bhawan, J.L. Nehru Marg, Patna, Bihar - 800001. 4. Recovery Officer, Employee State Insurance Corporation, Regional Office, Panchdeep Bhawan, J.L. Nehru Marg, Patna, Bihar - 800001. 5. The Insurance Branch Officer-1, Employee State Insurance Corporation, Panchdeep Bhawan, J.L. Nehru Marg, P.S.- Kotwali, Patna, Bihar - 800001. 6. Branch Manager, Axis Bank Limited, Udaiman Apartment, Boring Rd, Patna, Bihar 800013. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sagar Warsi, Advocate. Mr. Abhitabh Kumar, Advocate. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sudhir Kumar Bijpuria, Advocate. For the ESIC : Mr. Dhanjanjay Kumar Tiwary, Advocate. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY ORAL ORDER 3 18-08-2026 Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that the petitioners had paid an amount of Rs. Patna High Court CWJC No.7211 of 2026(3) dt.18-08-2026 2/2 7,32,274/- to the Respondent-Corporation under protest. Learned counsel submits that the petitioners may be permitted to prefer a statutory appeal before the Tribunal constituted under the Employees State Insurance Corporation Act. 2. Permission is granted. 3. Having regard to the above made submissions, the present writ petition stands disposed of granting liberty to the petitioners to avail alternate remedy of filing a statutory appeal against the assessment order. shakir/- (A. Abhishek Reddy, J) U