E P F ORGANISATION SHOULD PAY JUSTICE : PS Pensioner cum Decree Holder Petitioner for Pension Proportionate to Actual Salary
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E P F ORGANISATION SHOULD PAY JUSTICE
EPFO is playing an intellectual after thought tactics of blissful ignorance akin to asking the story to be retold after the same was told fully. 30 months have lapsed since the Division Bench of Kerala High Court after two years long examination of the case quashed in toto the 2014 Amendments to EPS 1995.
The said Judgement of the Division Bench mandated the EPFO to accept EPS contribution on actual salary basis from those who opt for it and distribute eligible pension accordingly. Pending of Review Petition by the EPFO against the Judgement of the Supreme Court upholding the impugned Judgment of the Kerala High Court is not a legally justifiable reason for the EPFO for not implementing the KHC Order across the Nation.
Which is why the spate of Contempt of Court Cases filed by numerous affected petitioners against the EPFO who did not implement the Orders, were disposed off in favor of the petitioners. Despite all these, the Ministry of Labour and Employment is doing injustice tantamount to cheating the EPF and EPS members by not honoring the Judicial Orders and not notifying the required amendments to the rules.
It is beyond doubt that Ministry of Labor is encouraging the EPFO to postpone ad infinitum implementation of Judicial Orders and sabotage discharge of justice.
One can not be blamed for his genuine doubt about the merciless mindset of the Government and the EPFO who appear to be waiting for the natural death of those hapless pensioners who have been crying for their rightful better pension than the present pittance.
