ORDER

Hon’ble Mr. Tarun Shridhar, Member (A) The applicant no.1 is an All India Employees Provident Fund Staff Federation through its General Secretary and the rest of the applicants are various officers of the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) holding the post of either Enforcement Officer (EO) or Accounts Officer (AO). The post of EO/AO is a step towards induction into Group ‘A’ post in the EPFO. On the stated account of stagnation in different cadres and also on account of administrative propriety, the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the EPFO took a decision to undertake a review of the organization and cadre for the purpose of its restructuring. For this purpose, a Committee comprising officers at different levels was constituted and it submitted a report which was considered in a special meeting of CBTon 09.12.2015. After examining the contents of the report, the CBT appointed a Sub Committee to make appropriate recommendations to the Board, which after taking into consideration the recommendations, took a decision that the cadre restructuring as proposed should beimplemented w.e.f. 09.12.2015, i.e. the date on which the Sub Committee was appointed.

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