Maj. Gen. S.P. Kapoor, Member—This is an appeal against the order of District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I (for short hereinafter referred to as the District Forum) dated 2.11.2002 passed in Complaint Case No. 16 of 2000, Ramesh Chander Kapoor v. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner & Ors.

2. The complaint in nutshell is that the complainant was an employee of M/s. Unichem Labs Limited (O.P. No. 3). He was District Manager of the Company with his Headquarter at Chandigarh. He was a member of the Employees Provident Funds Scheme, 1952 and his EPF Account No. was MH/1064/1350 and he paid monthly contribution to the said fund through O.P. No. 3 - M/s. Unichem Labs Limited. The balance in his account towards the close of Financial Year 94-95 was shown as Rs. 2,22,055/-. The grievance of the appellant/complainant is that no further details of this account were furnished to him. The complainant resigned from service on 4.4.1997 after putting in approximately 27 years of service. After resigning the job, he submitted all papers/forms duly filled for withdrawal EPF amount and Employees Pension Scheme 1995 to O.P. No. 3 who, however, forwarded the same to O.P. No. 1 only on 10.9.