1. By way of present petition, the petitioner assails the order dated 21.12.2012 passed by learned Employees‟ Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi (for short, „EPF Appellate Tribunal‟) in ATA No.522(11)2008.
2. Shorn off unnecessary details, the facts of the case are that the petitioner applied for the EPF Code number and the respondent allotted the PF Code No.13650 to it. The petitioner had since been paying its provident fund dues regularly and punctually in respect of its employees. The enforcement officer vide its inspection report dated W.P.(C) No.5678/2013 Page 1 of 14 09.12.1996 confirmed the inspection of the EPF records for the period from 08/95 to 10/96 and further observed in the said report that the EPF dues were correctly deposited by the petitioner except for a sum of Rs.30/- under account No.II and Rs.12/- under account No.22. Further, vide inspection report dated 10.07.1997, the Enforcement Officer confirmed that on inspection of the PF accounts/ records for the period from 03/89 to 02/91, 02/93 to 08/93 an