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(b) of the Act of 1952 was considered. Reference was made to the decision in Sanatan Dharam Girls Secondary School (supra) and it was found that the Act of 1977 alongwith Rules of 1981 as well as Secondary Schools Code were a complete Code in themselves with regard to educational institutions and it was also indicative of the extent of exercise of substantive control by the State Government over such institutions. While doing so the aspect of administrative control as well as the aspect of recognition of educational institutions was taken into consideration. It was thus held that even if an establishment is covered by any one of the excepted category provided under Section 16(1) of the Act of 1952 then the provisions of that Act would have no application to the establishment as a whole and for all purposes. The contention that the Act of 1952 though not applicable to the establishment would nevertheless apply to the part-time employees was not accepted by holding that Section 16 did not envisage a concept of partial exemption from application of the provisions of the Act of 1952 as it operated qua the establishment for all purposes. Merely because the part-time employees were not eligible for benefits of the State 8 LPA293.11(J) Contributory Provident Fund Scheme, the exemption status of the establishment acquired under Section 16 of the Act of 1952 would not cease or stand withdrawn automatically. An establishment being covered under any one of the excepted category under Section 16 of the Act of 1952, the officials empowered by that Act would have no authority to proceed against such establishment notwithstanding the fact that some of the employees were not eligible for the benefits under the State Contributory Provident Fund Scheme which governed the other employees of the establishment. The judgment of this Court holding otherwise was set aside.