1983 INSC 0207
                                   Tiger Hardware and Tools Ltd. and Others

                                                           Vs

                                             Union of India and Others

                                          Writ Petition No. 6814 of 1982

                                       Tiger Products Pvt. Ltd. and Others

                                                           Vs

                                             Union of India and Others

                                          Writ Petition No. 6815 of 1982

                                   Writ Petitions Nos. 6814 and 6815 of 1982

                               (A. P. Sen, E. S. Venkataramiah, R. B. Misra JJ)

                                                      23.08.1983

                                                     JUDGMENT

VENKATARAMIAH, J. ­

The petitioners in these two petitions who are liable to pay certain dues under the Employers
Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 have questioned the validity of Section 279
and Section 281 of U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 under which it is open to
the authorities to recover the dues as revenue arrears by resorting to the process of arrest and
detention of the defaulter concerned. In Ram Narayan Agarwal v. State of U.P. ((1983) 4 SCC 276 :
1983 SCC (Tax) 322) we have upheld the constitutional validity of the impugned provisions. We,
therefore, dismiss these petitions. It is open to revenue authorities to recover the amounts due and
payable by the petitioners by resorting to the process of arrest and detention in accordance with law
and in the light of the judgment delivered in Ram Narayan Agarwal case ((1983) 4 SCC 276 : 1983
SCC (Tax) 322). No costs.

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