Court No. 10 (1629) 24.07.2026 (JPD 58) (S. Banerjee) Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Side WPA 1107 of 2026 Putharjhora Tea Garden Pvt. Ltd. Vs. The Union of India & Ors. Mr. Rakesh Agarwala Mr. Bibek Tarafder … for the petitioner Mr. Sudipto Mazumdar, DSGI … for the Union of India (via VC) Mr. Bhaskar Roy Mahashaya … for the PF authority Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today be kept with the record. The immediate grievance of the petitioner is that the respondent authorities have not considered the representations of the petitioner praying for recalculation of the amount due from the petitioner establishment. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner draws the attention of the Court to the payment voucher in respect of the 2 month of June, 2012 dated July 14, 2012 appearing at page 18 of the writ petition and the statement of accounts of Axis Bank annexed at page 19 of the writ petition in support of his contention that the amount for the month of June, 2012 has already been paid by the petitioner company through cheque which was cleared on July 17, 2012. He submits that in spite of several representations being made, the respondent authorities have not considered the representation of the petitioner for recalculation of the amount due. Learned advocate appearing for the PF authority submits that a scheme for amicable settlement of disputes relating to damages under Section 14B of the 1962 Act, namely ‘Vishwas 2026’ has been launched and it is always open to the petitioner to approach the authority for settlement under the said scheme. Faced with such situation, learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that insofar as the payment for the month of June, 2012 is concerned, the authorities may be directed to recalculate 3 the amount and for the other period the petitioner shall take steps in accordance with the relevant scheme. Such submission of the learned advocate appearing for the petitioner is placed on record. Insofar as the payment for the month of June, 2012 is concerned, the petitioner has produced certain materials to show that payment for the aforesaid month has already been made. This Court is, therefore, inclined to pass a direction upon the authorities to consider the case of the petitioner for the month of June, 2012. Without entering into the merit of the claim made by the petitioner in the representation dated July 25, 2025, this writ petition stands disposed of by directing the Regional PF Commissioner-II, Jalpaiguri, being the 2nd respondent, to consider the representation of the petitioner dated July 25, 2025 and dispose of the same by passing a reasoned order after affording an opportunity of hearing to the 4 petitioner or his authorized representative and communicate the reasoned order to the petitioner immediately thereafter. The entire exercise shall be completed as expeditiously as possible but positively within a period of four weeks from the receipt of a server copy of this order together with a copy of the representation dated July 25, 2025. It is, however, made clear that it would be open to the respondent authority to call upon the petitioner to produce relevant materials and documents in support of their claim and if such a request is made, the petitioner shall be obliged to comply with such request to enable the respondent no. 2 to pass a reasoned order. (Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.)