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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
MURALI PURUSHOTHAMAN
Regional Provident Fund Commissioner – Appellant
Versus
Chandran K. – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. review petition overview and context. (Para 1 , 2 , 4) |
| 2. discussions on the obligations of parties involved regarding pension option forms. (Para 3 , 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 3. final directions for processing pension options. (Para 8) |
ORDER :
This review petition is filed against the judgment of this Court dated 09.12.2024 in W.P(C) No.11288 of 2023. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, Sub Regional Office, Kottayam, the 2nd respondent in the writ petition, is the review petitioner.
3. The review petition was filed on 28.01.2025 along with an application to condone the delay of 19 days in filing the review petition. The application to condone the delay came up for consideration on 07.02.2025 and the delay was condoned.
“5. In so far as the writ petitioners in W.P.(C) No.11288/2023 are concerned out of the 83 petitioners 12 petitioners retired prior to 01/09/2014 and 71 petitioners retired after 01/09/2014 and therefore they are governed by separate and independent directions in Ext P8 judgment. Ext P4 produced along with the writ petition relates to the joint option forms submitted by the then employer of the petitioners vide letter dat
The review court emphasized procedural compliance by the employer in validating pension option submissions for eligible retirees, ensuring timely processing in accordance with the Supreme Court's jud....
Endorsement of joint option forms for pension benefits does not establish employer status for liability regarding employees who retired prior to the company's takeover.
The court directed the processing of Joint Option Forms for retired employees in accordance with the Supreme Court's judgment, affirming the applicability of the amended pension scheme to exempted es....
The Supreme Court affirmed the validity of the amended pension scheme, allowing employees to exercise options under the new provisions, and directed timely processing of Joint Option Forms.
The court affirmed the validity of the amended pension scheme, allowing employees to exercise options under new provisions and extended the time frame for compliance.
The amended pension scheme applies to all eligible employees, allowing those who did not exercise options before 1st September 2014 to do so, with a time extension granted for compliance.
Employees retiring after amendments can exercise options for higher pensions within extended timelines, regardless of exit dates from the pension scheme.
The court directed the processing of Joint Option Forms for retired employees in accordance with the Supreme Court's ruling, affirming the validity of the pension scheme amendments.
Amendments to the Employees' Pension Scheme cannot impose retrospective cut-off dates for exercising pension options, affirming beneficiaries' rights established prior to amendments.
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