A petitioner must demonstrate standing and present claims in a timely manner to maintain public interest litigation concerning personal service matters.

Justich e Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Judge (oral)

g Clearly, this petition is misconceived.

2 The petitioner had initially filed the instant petition for grant of the following substantive reliefs:

1. issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to quash and set aside the impugned Employees Provident Fund (officers and employees' conditions of services) regulations, 2008 and Employees Provident Fund (officers

1Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

and employees' conditions of services) regulations, 2024 of being ultra-vires of proviso to regulation No.3 of Employees Provident Fund (officers and employees' conditions of services) regulations, 1962 and section 5, section 6A and section 6D of EPF & MP Act, 1952 and article 14 & 53 of the Constitution of India. H

2. Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to respondent No. 1 & 2 to restore pensio nary benefits under EPS, 1995 to its members as it stood prior to various amendments carried out since 2008 by quashing GSR No. 688(E) dated 26.09.2008 and 609(E) dated 22.08.2014 (Annexure P/24) due tot faulty actuarial reports.

3. Permanently restrain the respondent No.1&2 in altering the general conudition of service of regular employees as laid down in the Employees Provident Fund (officers and employees' conditions of services) regulations, 1962, w.r.t. the Capplicability of Employees' Provident Fund Organization (Contributory Provident Fund) Regulations, 1960 and three Schemes framed under the Employees'

Provident Funds & Misc. Provisions Act, 1952.

4. Respondent No.2 may be directed to not to enter the domain of respondent No.1 as envisaged in the PF Act in i the interest of justice and fair-play.

5. Respondent No.1 &2 may be directed to restore parity amongst EPS, 1995 members and staff of EPFO with regards to payment of pension and medical allowance strictly as per Employees Pension Scheme, 1995 framed under the Employees' Provident Funds & Misc. Provisions Act, 1952 in the interest of justice and fair-play.

6. Respondent No.1 may be directed to initiate action for black listing the respondent No.4, for professional misconduct in the interest of justice and fair-play.

7. Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to respondent No.3 to ascertain the exact amount overdrawn from the administrative fund for payment oHf pension to EPFO staff as per CCS (Pension) rules, 1972 and initiate steps to redeposit the amount ext ra drawn into the administrative fund for better administration of the EPF Schemes.

3 When the petitioner wtas asked to explain as to how he was entitled to file and maintain this petition, which was in the nature of public interest litigation, that too, in a service matter and confronted with the judgment rendered by this Court on an identical issue in Samriti Gupta vs. State of H.P. 2016(1) ILR 403, he thereafter filed an application (CMP No. 12176/2025) for amendment of the writ petition with following prayers:-

1) issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to quash and set aside the impugned Employees Provident Fund (officers and employees’ conditions of services regulations, 2008 and Employees Provident Fund (officers and employees' conditions of services) regulations, 2024 of being ultra-vires of "first and second proviso to Regulation 1(2)(ii) as well as to regulation No.3" of Employees Provident Fund (officers and employees' conditions of services) regulations, 1962 and section 5, section 6A and section 6D of EPF & MP Act, 1952 and article 14 & 53 of the Constitution of India.

2. Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to respondent No.1 & 2 to revise pensionary benefits under EPS, 1995 to petitioner being one of its member from February, 2018 i.e. from date of retirement,H by quashing GSR No. 688(E) dated 22.09.2008 and 609(E) dated 22.08.2014 (Annexure P/24) due to faulty actuarial reports.

3.Respondent No.1 &2 may be directed to resto