Regional Provident Fund Commissioner Employees Provident Fund Organization v. Sri Ram Deb Chatterjee and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
EPFO appeal allowed; provident fund/pension eligibility; scheme certificate dated 22.08.2007; M/s. Simplex Project Limited; Clause 18; 30 days noncontributory period; qualifying service 9 years 6 months 5 days versus 9 years 5 months 6 days; Para 9(a) Employees' Provident Fund Act, 1995 rounding to ten years; delay and laches; Article 226 Constitution of India; sixteen years' inaction; Employees' Pension Scheme; resignation entails forfeiture of entire service; Single Bench judgment dated 17.07.2025 set aside; WPA 4856 of 2025 dismissed; FMA 341 of 2026; CAN 2 of 2025; CAN 3 of 2026; Rajasekhar Mantha, J.; Rai Chattopadhyay, J.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order and judgment dated 17.07.2025 of the Single Bench set aside; writ petition WPA 4856 of 2025 dismissed; connected applications CAN 2 of 2025 and CAN 3 of 2026 disposed of; no order as to costs.