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S.Pitchiah vs Union Of India

Madras High Court|31 May, 2017

JUDGMENT / ORDER

rep. by Secretary to Government of India Ministry of Labour and Employment Shram Shakti Bhawan Rafi Marg New Delhi - 110 001. 2 Central Provident Fund Commi ssioner Employees Provident Fund Organisation Ministry of labour and Employment Govt. of India Bhavishya Nidhi http://www.judis.nic.in 5 Bhawan 14 Bhikaji Cama Place N 3 Addl. Central Provident Fund Commissioner HQ (Pension) Employees Provident Fund Organisation Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan 14 Bhikaji Cama Place New Delhi - 110 066.
4 Regional Provident Fund Comm issioner-I (pension) Employees Provident Fund Organisation Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan 14 Bhikaji Cama Place New Delhi - 110 066.
5 Addl.Central Provident Fund Commissioner Employees Provident Fund Organisation 37 Royapettah High Road Chennai 600 014.
6 Regional Provident Fund Comm issoner Employees Provident Fund Organisation 37 Royapettah High Road Chennai 600 014.
7 The Managing Director The Tamil Nadu State Apex Cooperative Bank Ltd. 233 (New No.4) NSC Bose Road Chennai 600001.
8 The Chairman The TNSC Bank EPF Trust NO.233 (New No.4) NSC Bose Road Chennai 600001. ... Respondents W.P.No.11967 of 2019:
1 S.Pitchiah S/o. P. Subramania Mudaliar No.3 Ramalingam Appts. MMDA Colony Chennai - 600 106.
2 R.Dhanasekaran S/o. Rathnavel 19/6 Lakshmi Narayan Perumal koil Street Pallikaranai Chennai - 600 100.
http://www.judis.nic.in 6 3 P.N. Sivadasan S/o. Neelakandan 43/6 14th Lane Indira Nagar Adyar Chennai - 600 020.
4 D. Mahalingam S/o. Duraiswamy Old 138 New 35/35 Valmigi Street Tiruvanmiyur Chennai - 600 041.
5 M. NirmalaDevi D/o. C.K. Murugesan Old No. 40 New No. 6 Jagannathapuram 1st Street Chetpet Chennai - 600 031.
6 C. Ramalingam S/o. P.R. Chokkalingam No.58 Sadasivam Nagar 1st Cross Street Kamarajapuram Sembakkam Chennai- 600 073.
7 V. Muthukumaran S/o. M. Vadivelu H-10 Prakti (Alacrity) 367-368 100 ft. Road Velachery Chennai - 600 042.
8 V.R. Meenakshi D/o. Rm. Veerappan A-2 I Floor Sarojini Aparts. Sarojini Street T.Nagar Chennai - 600 017.
9 S. Subramanian S/o. Somasundaram 44-A Vijashanthi Aparts Kalashetra Road Thiruvanmiyur Chennai - 600 041.
10 A. Umadevi D/o. F.S. Antony 44/4 Kandasamy Steet Pallipattu Chennai - 600113.
11 R. Sampath Kumar S/o. V.A. Rajabathar Old No. 17 New No. 19 Kanniyamman Koil Street I Floor Shenoy Nagar Chennai - 600 030.
http://www.judis.nic.in 7 12 N. Sulaika Beevi D/o. Nagoor Meeran No. 71 Bharathi Salai Triplicane Chennai - 600 005 13 B. Augustine S/o. A. Barnabas Plot No. 53A Ist Cross Street AIBEA Nagar Thiruvanmiyur Chennai
- 600 041.
14 S.A. Kathija D/o. S.I. Ahmedjan No. 3/211 Bismillah Nagar I Street vettuvankeni Chennai - 600 115.
15 G. Gopalakrishnan S/o. S.R. Ganapathy Block - 2 Flat 1F Aiswarya Prapancha Aparts Madha Koil Street Okkiyam Thuraipakkam Chennai - 600 097. 16 V. Dhinakaran S/o. A.K. Viswanathan Old No. 22 New No. 46 27th Street Thillai Ganga Nagar Nanganallur Chennai - 600 061.
17 C. Munusamy S/o Chellappan Plot No. 53 Door No. 174/5 Sathyamurthy Street Kandanchavadi Chennai 600 096.
18 K. Packirisamy S/o. A. Kathan 33/10 Vadivelu Street Flat No. 3 Bhagavathi Aparts Perambur Chennai 600 011.
19 S. Viswanathan S/o. G. Shanmugam Old No. 2D New No.5 1St Floor Periapalli Street Mandavelipakkam Chennai 600 028 20 S. Kamalaveni Sundaram D/O. M. Goundappa 11 2nd Street South beach Avenue MRC Nagar R.A.Puram Chennai 600 028 http://www.judis.nic.in 8 21 T. Devairakkam S/o/ D.S. Thangaraj T-2 Sai Krupa Aparts 35/32 Velachery Taramani 100 Feet Road Ramagiri Velachery Chennai 600 042 22 P.S. Piramanayagam S/O. P. Sivasubramanian 3A/26 Gangaiamman Koil 4th Street Vadapalani Chennai 600 026 23 C. Ilangovan S/O. M.M. Chandrakasan Old No. 23 New No. 2 Dr. Natesan Salai Ashok Nagar Chennai 600 083 24 S. Govindarajan S/O. C. Sambandam Plot No. 5-B Door No. 3 TNGO Colony 2nd Street Nanganallur Chennai 600 061 25 J.A. Jothi S/O. J.A. Ambashankar No.55 1St Cross Street Kanakathara Nagar Valasaravakkam Chennai - 600 087 26 S. Krishnamurthy S/O. R. Sundaresa Sharma Plot No. 83 2nd Main Road Rayala Nagar Ramapuram Chennai 600 089 27 K. Ilango S/O. P. Kalyana Sundaram Plot No. 14 27 Venkatesa Nagar 1st Street Virugambakkam Chennai 600 092 28 C.R. Gopinath S/O. C.B. Ramamurthy 3/1 Vivekanda Street Gandhi Nagar Saligramam Chennai 600 093 29 K.P. Thangavel S/O. R. Palanivel Plot No. 4 1ST Street Annai Sathya Nagar Nesapakkam Chennai 600 078 30 S. Leela http://www.judis.nic.in 9 D/O. M. Kumarapillai No.9 Nagathamman Koil Street Mettupalayam West Mambalam Chennai 600 033.
31 D. Chandrasekar S/O. N. Devendran Plot No. 5 Door No. 4A Padmavathy Nagar Virugambakkam Chennai 600 092 32 A. Somasundaram S/O. V.E. Arunachalam 13/59-B Padmavathy Nagar Virugambakkam Chennai 600 092 33 R.P. Chellappan S/O. A. Perumal 10/A Masthan Ali Garden S.V. Lingam Salai Vadapalani Chennai - 600 026 34 T. Venu S/O. J.S. Thulasi Naidu Old No.8 New No. 7 Alaiyamman Koil Street Vanniya Teynampet Chennai 600 018 35 G. Subramanian S/O. S. Ganapathy No. 14 5th Cross Street U.I. Colony Kodambakkam Chennai 600 024 36 B. Karpaga sundari D/O. N. Meenakshi Sundarm Sivagami Aparts 40/42 South Boag Road T.Nagar Chennai 600 017 37 Lakshmi Krishnamurthy D/o. S. Panchapakesn 28/36 18th Avenue Ashok Nagar Chennai 600 083 38 R. Bama D/O. P. Rajagopalan 13/8 Canara Bank Colony Gandhi Nagar Saligramam Chennai 600 093 39 K. Gurunathan S/O. M. Kunjithapatham Plot No. 34 Door No. 18 Vivekananda Street Brindavan http://www.judis.nic.in 10 Nagar Adambakkam Chennai 600 088 40 Suriya Kumari Palani D/O. S.N.D. Palani Plot No. 5 Door No. 42 Brindavan Nagar Main Road Valasaravakkam Chennai 600 087 41 B. Prabhakaran S/O. C.K. Balasubramanian AP. 397 New No. 17 28th Street 6th Sector K.K. Nagar Chennai 600 078 42 P. Vijayalakshmi D/O. K. Chidambaram AP. 397 New No.17 28th Street 6th Sector K.K. Nagar Chennai 600 078 43 P. Hemalatha D/O. R. Rajagopal 17/5 Zackaria Colony Main Road Flat No. S-2 Amogha flats Kodambakkam Chennai 600 024 44 R. Gopalakrishnan S/O. Ramamurthy D-104 TVH Park Villa Okkiam Thoraipakkam Chennai 600 097 45 R. Mutharasan S/O. S. Ramachandran Old No. 24/2 new No. 3/2 Vembuliamman Koil 1st Cross Street K.K. Nagar West Chennai 600 078 46 M. Thiyagarajan S/O. M. Murugesan Murugesan Illam 4 Mullai Street Fathima Nagar Alwar Thirunagar Chennai 600 087 47 N. Palani S/O. K. Natesa Naiker Plot No. 161 door No.5 Senthil Nagar 3rd Main Road Urappakkam/ Iyenchery Kanchipuram Dist 48 S. Rajendran S/O. M. Somasundaram Old No.6 New No. 11 Saraswathy Street Mahalingapuram Chennai 600 034 http://www.judis.nic.in 11 49 S. Muthukumaran S/O. G. Subramanian Plot No. 95 Door No. 24 Brindavan nagar Main Road Valasaravakkam Chennai 600 087 50 A.R. Palaniappan S/O. L. Arunachalam Brindavan Appts Old No.73 New No.52 3rd floor F- Flat R.K.
51 K. Kesavalu S/O. P.C. Krishnan 7 Bharathi Nagar 6th Street Thirumullai Voyal Chennai 600 062 52 K.V. Ponnusamy S/O. K.P. Varadhappan 6/44 Kambar Street Postal Audit Colony Saligramam Chennai 600 093 53 V. Vidhyavathy D/O. K. Venkatasubbu G.2 SPL Aiswarya Flats 7/4 1St Avenue Ashok Nagar Chennai 600 083 54 M. Ramalingam S/O. C.T. Muthiah Plot No.42 3rd Street Bhuvaneswari Nagar Chrompet Chennai 600 044 55 C. Krishnamoorthy S/O. M.K. Chidambaram 80/1 Brindavan Street West mambalam Chennai 600 033 56 T. Rajendiran S/O. M. Thangavelu 2 Elango Street Anna Nagar Pammal Chennai 600 075 57 M. Sekaran S/O. G. Manivannan G-4 Bogun Villa Appts K Block- Anna Nagar East Chennai 600 102 58 G. Aruchamy S/O. K. Gopalasamy 20/45 OVM Street http://www.judis.nic.in 12 Chepauk Chennai 600 005 59 A.P. Jayachandran S/O. A. Perumal No. 72 Cosmo Flats (Top Floor) Murugappa Street Purasawakkam Chennai 600 007 60 S. Thangamani S/O. K. Samidurai No.23 Agasdeeswarar Kovil Street Thirunallar Thirunallar Post Karaikal Dist. - 609607 61 P. Selwyn Chandra Doss Geofr rey S/O. A. Paul Geoffrey Old No. 4 new No.17 Ujjaini Street Aynavaram Chennai 600 023 62 T.R. Surendran S/O. T.R. Ramanujam Flat No 4 AG - 97 2nd Street Shanthi Colony Anna Nagar Chennai 600 040 63 M.V. Balasubramanian S/O. M.G. Velmurugan Velkam Residency 31 E-Block 1st Street Anna Nagar East Chennai 600 102 64 K.S. Shanmuga Sundaram S/O. K.S. Subramaniam 45/180 Jeevan Bhima Nagar Anna Nagar Western Extn Chennai 600 101 65 A. Rangaraju S/O. V. Amaravathy Chettiar 1789/3 I Block 5th Street 18th Main Road Anna Nagar Chennai 600 040 66 J. Asokan S/O. T.A. Janakumar AP-686 24th Street I Block Thiruvalluvar Kudiyiruppu Anna Nagar Chennai 600 040 67 S.V. Yoganathan S/O. S. Varadharajulu 98/62 Medavakkam Tank Road Kilpauk Chennai 600 010 http://www.judis.nic.in 13 68 M. Sundara Murthy S/O. K.N. Desigan 284 Kilpauk Garden Road Kilpauk Chennai 600 010 69 R. Pandian S/O. P. Raju No.10 Earikarai Pillaiar Koil Main Street Adayalampattu Vanagaram Maduravoyal Chennai 600 102 70 A. Elangovan S/O. A. Ariya Puthira Pillai 28/113 Flat No. 6 1st Floor Patel Road Perambur Chennai 600 011 71 Money Jeyakumar S/O. S.G. Money 5 ABC Sandesh 8 Ayanavaram Road Aynavaram Chennai 600 023 72 R. Balasubramanyan S/O. DR. M. Ranganathan Old No. 29 New No. 8 Temple Road Kilpauk Chennai 600 010 73 R. Srinivasan S/O. K. Ramasamy Plot No. 14 Ramaswamy Street Maruthi Nagar Rajakilpakkam Chennai 600 073 74 A. Muniyayah S/O. Adaikalam 948 4th Block Mogappair West Chennai 600 107 75 K. Srinivasan S/o. N. Kothandaraman No. 11 Kumaran Street Ram Nagar Ambattur Chennai 600 053. 76 P. Chandran S/o. T. Perumal 143/57 Pothi Amman Koil Street Korattur Chennai 600 080.
77 P.K. Kothandapani S/o. P. Kanniah Chetty 6-A Thanikachalam Nagar C Block Ponniammanmedu Kolathur http://www.judis.nic.in 14 Chennai 600 110.
78 M. Shanmugam S/o. K.C. Marappa Gounder 397/4 Mysore Trunck Road Rangasamudram Sathyamangalam 2 Erode District 638 402 79 S. Vathsala D/o. G. Srinivasan S-2 Srivatsa Appartments No. 5 12th Street Tansi Nagar Velachery Chennai 600 042 80 A. Aiyappan S/o. Subramaniapillai 17 Andavar Nagar 5th Street Kodambakkam Chennai 600 024.
81 A. Chandra Paul Pandian S/o. Authi Narayanan No. 133 4th Cross Street Workers Estate Neelankarai Chennai 600 115.
82 S.H. Syed Ibrahim S/o. M.S.S. Haja Mohideen 22/50 Ayyasamy Street Pudupet Chennai 600 002 83 A. Dhanaraj S/o. K. Annamalai Old No. 4/2 New No. 9 Ramasamy Street Ice House Triplicane Chennai 600 005 84 S. Hemavathy D/o. C.S. Sethurao Old No. 5/2 New No. 13/2 Alangatha Street Triplicane Chennai 600 005.
85 K. Ramiah S/o. Kali Gounder Old No. 36/2 New Nol 101 Janijohnkhan Road Royapettah Chennai 600 014.
86 V. Mahendran S/o. C.K. Venu No. 26/34 Kutty Steet Chintadripet Chennai 600 002 87 N. Thillairaj http://www.judis.nic.in 15 S/o. Natarajan No. 34 N.N. Garden 7th Lane Old Washermenpet Chennai 600 021.
88 A. Mohamed Ghouse Shariff S/o. Mohamed Hussain Sheriff No. 25/2 Azzudin Khan Bahadur Street Triplicane Chennai 600 005.
89 R. Gopi S/o. A. Radhakrishnan 14/29 Krishna Flats Ist Floor Ayyapillai Street Triplicane Chennai 600 005 90 S.M. Jainul Abdeen S/o. S. Mohamed Ibrahim Old No. 17 New No. 35 Dharmaraja Koil Street Chintadripet Chennai 600 002 91 M. Baskaran S/o. E. Muthupillai 319 Konnur High Road Ayanavaram Chennai 600 023 92 S. Srinivasan S/o. Sambandam 13 Ranganathan Street West Banu Nagar Ambattur Chennai 600 053 93 V. Dhanavelu S/o. T.R. Vaithilingam No. 5 Thiru.vi.ka. Street Ayanavaram Chennai 600 023 94 T. Sridharan S/O. T. Thirumalaiappan A.1 sri Bhuvaneswari Appts 46 4th Street D Block Anna Nagar East Chennai 600 102 95 K. Vijayalakshmi D/O. K. Karuppiah 28/1 New No.4 Mandapam Road 1st Lane Kilpauk Chennai 600 010 96 J. Arasu S/O. P. Jayavelan 13 Azad Street B.V. Puram Avadi Chennai 600 054 97 R. Ravichandran S/O. V.K. Ramachandran Plot No.31 St. http://www.judis.nic.in 16 Joseph Garden Madhavarm Chennai 600 060 98 S. Boopathy S/O. W.R. Sabapathy Plot No.36 Shree Mahalakshmi Nagar Noombal Village Velappan Chavadi Chennai 600 077 99 S. Sivakumaran S/O. Sundaresan No.12 3rd Main Road Ram Nagar Nanganallur Chennai 600 061 100 A.M. Murugesh S/O. Munusamy No.13 1st Street Parameswaran Nagar Adambakkam Chennai 600 088 101 M. Selvaraj S/O. P. Muni Reddy S-5 Unique Park No.37 Perialwar Street East Tambaram Chennai 600 059 102 V. Rajendran S/O. Varadharajulu 1/158 202 5th Street Kumaran Nagar Kovoor Chennai 600 128 103 A. Venkatachalam S/O. P. Arumugam Sivakami Illam No.9 Kumarapuram Chrompet East Chennai 600 044 104 R. Quinston Sahayaraj S/O. T.S. Rajiah Fernando Old No. 12 New No. 10 Pachaiappan Nagar Chrompet Chennai 600 044 105 K. Govindan S/O. P. Kandasamy 34 Valmigi Street East Tambaram Chennai 600 059 106 N. Gopalasamy S/O. Narayanasamy 50 L.H. Nagar 1st Cross Street Adambakkam Chennai 600 088 107 S. Namasivayam S/O. Sivaraman 7 V.V. Colony 3rd Street http://www.judis.nic.in 17 Adambakkam Chennai 600 088 108 M. Suriyamurthy S/O. R. Muthiya Apt No. R.R.B. 1204 Rosedale OMR IT Highway Padur 603103 109 M. Sankaran S/O. S. Manickam Plot No. 16 Door No.21 Kumarapuram Chrompet Chennai 600 044 110 K.G. Shanmugam S/O. Govinda Udayar 4/30 1ST Cross Street Sathya Nagar Extn. Ramapuram Chennai 600 089 111 V. Thendral S/O. P.N. Varadappan Sudharth County Flat No 1-C Plot No.26 Furrts Avenue Annai Indira Nagar Thuraipakkam Chennai 600 097 112 R. Gopalakrishnan S/O. S. Ramalingam 164/133 Medavakkam Main Road Adambakkam Chennai 600 088 113 M. Rajendiran S/O. Munusamy No.175 Palla Street Nathampettai Village Ayyampettai Post Kancheepuram Dist.
114 M. Subramanian S/O. P. Manickam 23 Senthil Nagar 5th Cross Street Urapakkam Kancheepuram Dist 603 210 115 T.K. Panneer Selvam S/O. Kannappan 14 Ganapathy Nagar 3rd Street Alapakkam Porur Chennai 600 116 116 V. Jayaraj S/O. K. Vasudevan 29 NRK Puram Main road Tiruppur 641 607 117 M. Ismail Khan S/O. G. Majeed Khan Sai Nagar Annexe Virugambakkam Chennai 600 092 http://www.judis.nic.in 18 118 R.A. Mahendira Varman S/O. S. Rathinam No. 109 Perumal Nagar 6th Street 5th Main Road AGS colony Zameen Pallavaram Chennai 600 117 119 V.K. Govindasamy S/O. T.V. Kannan 852 7th Block 5th Street Mogappair West Chennai 600 037 120 R. Jothimany D/O. P.V. Ramaswamy 23/9 8th Avenue West Banu Nagar Pudur Ambattur Chennai 600 053 121 S. Murugesan S/O. M. Singaram No. 9 Jayalakshmiupuram Main road Nungambakkam Chennai 600 034 122 V. Asokan S/O. C. Varadhan 74 2nd Street Venkatesapuram New Colony Kannigapuram Perambur Barracks Chennai 600 012 123 K. Rajeswari D/O. C. Krishnamurthy 4 Seeyalam 2nd Street Villivakkam Chennai 600 049 124 G.K. Amirtha Gowri D/O. G. Kandasamy 24 6th Street Bharathi Nagar Opp. Housing Board Choolambedu Road Thirumullai Voyal Chennai 600 062 125 J. Samson Jayaseelan S/O. S.F. Jayaseelan 53 Muthukumaran Street Kamaraj Nagar Avadi Chennai 600 071 126 T. Mani Vasagam S/O. T.M. Thirunavukkarasu 25 Narayanasamy 2nd Avenue Kavarapalayam Thirunindravur Tiruvallur Dist 602024 127 N. Ramachandran W/O. B. Nanjan A-3 Asha Kiran Apts Akshaya Colony Anna Nagar West Extn.
http://www.judis.nic.in 19 Chennai 600 050 128 T.V. Ganesan S/O. T. Venugopal No.1 Kumaran Street Rajajipuram Thiruvallur 602 001.
129 K. Ganapathy S/O. V. Kesavan F-1 Janani Aparts 93 Poes Road Teynampet Chennai 600 018 130 R. Rajendran S/O. R. Rangasamy 4/662 Mugappair East Chennai 600 037 131 K. Mohanarangasamy S/O. Kuppusamy 5 4th Street T.N. Nagar Palanipet Arakonam Vellore Dt. 631002 132 T. Baskaran S/O. A. Thevar Servai 20 17th Street Extn. Tansi Nagar Velachery Chennai 600 042 133 T.P. Jagannathan S/O. T.K. Perumal Flat No. 17A/7 Jawahars Mullai Aparts Plot No. 58 Ramakrishna Nagar 1 Main Road Adambakkam Chennai 600 088 134 V. Purushotham S/o. M. Varadhan No. 3 Gangai Street Muthusamy Nagar Nemilichery Chromepet Chennai 600 044.
135 M. Jayakumar S/o. S. Murugesan 600 17th East Cross Street 4th Main Road MKB Nagar Vysarpadi Chennai 600 039.
136 K. Rajaram S/o. M. Kannaiyan No. 16 New Magazine Road Magazinepuram Vysarpadi Chennai 600 039 137 A. Murugesan S/o. P. Alwarpillai Plot No. 19-B 4th http://www.judis.nic.in 20 Street Agatheeswarar Nagar Pozhichalur Chennai 600 074.
138 R. Radhakrishnan S/o. S. Rajabhathar 40/7 3rd Street Kamarajnagar Korattur Chennai 600 080 139 A.V.S. Janani D/o. M.K. Arumugam 18/44 Veerakutty Lane Old Washermenpet Chennai 600 021 140 V. Thandayuthapani S/o. P. Vadivelu 2271 MIG TNHB Avdi Chennai 600 054 141 M. Selvaraj S/o. Mannar Vijayalakshmi Illam 4 Vivekandar Street Extn. Kamaraj Nagar Sridevi Nagar Avadi Chennai 600 071 142 B. Mohana Sundaram S/o. S. Balasubramanian Yugi Illam Door No. 3/361 3rd Main Road Sundaram Avenue Rose Nagar Extn. Kovilampakkam Chennai 600 129 143 G. Boobathy S/o. C. Govindan Plot No. 25 Bagath Singh Street Sri Raghavendra nagar 169 Madambakkam (Via) Guduvancherry 603 202.
144 B. Rani D/o. M.S. Balasubramanian 16 8th Avenue West Banu Nagar Pudur Ambattur Chennai 600 053 145 N. Sukumar S/o. C. Natesan 2/6 30th Avenue Cross Street Banu Nagar Pudur Ambattur Chennai 600 053 146 K. Manoharan S/o. S. Kathiresan 2/113 Annanagar Extn. Aishwarya Nagar KPN Colony 3rd Street Tiruppur 641 601. ...
Petitioners http://www.judis.nic.in 21 versus 1 Union of India Rep. by Secretary to Government of India Ministry of Labour and Employment Shram Shakti Bhawan Rafi Marg New Delhi - 110 001 2 Central Provident Fund Commi ssioner Employees Provident Fund Organisation Ministry of Labour and Employment Govt. of India Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan 14 Bhikaji Cama Place 3 Addl. Central Provident Fund Commissioner HQ (Pension) Employees Provident Fund Organisation Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan 14 Bhikaji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066 4 Regional Provident Fund Comm issioner - I (Pension) Employees Provident Fund Organisation Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan 14 Bhikaji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066 5 Addl.Central Provident Fund Commissioner Employees Provident Fund Organization 37 Royapettah High Road Chennai 600 014 6 Regional Provident Fund Comm issioner Employees Provident Fund Organization 37 Royapettah High Road Chennai 600 014.
7 The Managing Director The Tamil Nadu State Apex Cooperative Bank Ltd. 233 (New No.4) NSC Bose Road Chennai 600001.
8 The Chairman The TNSC Bank EPF Trust NO.233 (New No.4) NSC Bose Road Chennai 600001. ... Respondents http://www.judis.nic.in 22 Prayer in both W.Ps.: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the impugned letter issued by the 4th respondent in No.Pension/I/12/33/EPS Amendment/96 Vol-II dated 31.05.2017 and quash the same and consequently direct the Respondents 1 to 6 to grant pension on higher wages under EPS 1995.
For Petitioners in both WPs : Mr.A.Jenasenan For Respondents in both WPs: Mr.T.R.Sundaram for R1toR6 COMMON ORDER In a batch of Writ Petitions, similar to the present Writ Petitions, in W.P.No.14368 of 2018, etc., this Court passed detail directions in para 48 and allowed all the Writ Petitions in para 49, which are extracted as under:
"48. In the above mentioned circumstances, this Court consider the following directions as expedient to resolve the issues as projected in the Writ Petitions.
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i) Both the employees of the exempted and unexempted establishments are entitled to the benefit of enhanced pension on the basis of their contribution with reference to actual salary received by them to their Provident Fund accounts;
ii) The cut off date as prescribed i.e. 01.12.2004 is invalid in law and therefore, the same is held to be illegal and invalid;
iii)The employees, namely, the writ petitioners shall be permitted to exercise their option in terms of Proviso to Clause 11(3) of the Pension Scheme and while permitting so, the EPFO is at liberty to seek return of the higher Provident Fund contribution received by the respective employees with simple interest at the rate of 6% p.a. from the date of receipt of Provident Fund amount and till the date of payment;
iv) The amounts to be refunded by the employees concerned shall be verified by the EPFO in consultation with the respective establishments in which the http://www.judis.nic.in 24 employees were employed;
v) On refund of the verified amount with interest, the EPFO shall calculate and grant enhanced pension on the basis of actual salaries received by the employees with arrears of pension from the date of their retirement and continue to pay their monthly enhanced pension through out their life time;
vi) In case where the refund of the amount by any employee with interest is higher than the enhanced pension with arrears payable to him, the refund shall be insisted upon and in case where the refund, after calculation, is lower than the arrears of pension payable to the employee, the same shall be adjusted while disbursing the arrears to the employees concerned;
vii) The respective Managements of the exempted establishments which maintained the Private Trust are directed to cooperate with the EPFO and render all assistance in quantifying the amount to be refunded by the respective employees with interest at 6% p.a.on such refund;
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viii) The entire exercise shall be initiated and completed by the individual Managements and the EPFO within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.
49. In the result, all the Writ Petitions are allowed on the above terms. The orders of rejection which are impugned in the respective Writ Petitions, are hereby quasahed and as regards the Writ Petitions pertaining to the grant of Writ of Mandamus to the authorities for grant of enhanced pension are concerned, the same are allowed as indicated above. No costs. Consequently, all connected WMPs are closed.
6. The reasons and the findings in their entirety as rendered in the batch of Writ Petitions are to be read as part and parcel of the present Writ Petitions as well.
7. In the light of the above, this Court is of the view that the above directions and observation will hold good for the http://www.judis.nic.in 26 present Writ Petitions also. Accordingly, the Writ Petitions are allowed on the terms as mentioned above. Consequently, connected WMPs are closed. No costs.
Suk -04-2019 http://www.judis.nic.in 27 V.PARTHIBAN, J.
suk W.P.No.11866 & 11967 of 2019
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Title

S.Pitchiah vs Union Of India

Court

Madras High Court

JudgmentDate
31 May, 2017