Ram Singh And Ors. vs Punjab State Co-Op. Supply And ... on 25 July, 2006
The controversy qua these two tenders has arisen on account of the fact
that the tender floating authority introduced a clause requiring the contractor to
have registered himself with the EPF authorities and, thus, having a code number.
Learned counsels for the respondents do not dispute that in view of the judgement
of the Division Bench of this Court in Ram Singh and others Vs Punjab State
CWP-9726-2013 (O&M) 2
CWP-9744-2013 (O&M)
Cooperative Supply & Marketing Federation Limited and others, 2007 LLJ
631, the liability towards EPF may not be permissible to be shifted by the
principal employer being such entities. It is, however, stated that since the
contractors often keep changing the persons deployed; the details available only
with the contractors and that is the reason the requirement was put that they are
registered with the EPF authorities having a code number.