Dear Sir,
It may be recalled that the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala had ordered for payment of pension under EPS-95 in proportion to the retired employee’s actual salary, in 2018 and the Appeal filed by EPFO against the above verdict was disallowed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
Subsequently Labour Ministry and EPFO filed a Review Petition before the Supreme Court, which is yet to be decided. But those who have approached the High Court basing on the verdict of 2018 on their own are given higher pension. This is nothing short of gross discrimination.
The fact that those who have approached High court basing on 2018 verdict are given high pension clearly indicates that others are also eligible for higher pension, because merely approaching the Court ipso facto has not made any difference in the eligibility of those retirees as well as others. It is clearly evident that if a few retirees are given higher pension only because they got the 2018 verdict upheld by the Court, all retirees are eligible for higher pension.
EPFO should not expect all retirees to approach the Court to get the benefit of the 2018 verdict. The Hon’ble High Court of Kerala has underlined the significance of not denying natural justice to the EPS 95 pensioners.
In view of the above, I request that EPFO may allow higher pension under EPS-95 to all retirees irrespective of whether they have approached the Court or not, until Supreme Court passes its final verdict on the Review Petition filed by the Labour Ministry and EPFO.
Yours truly
An Appeal by EPS-95 Pensioners
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