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Anoop Sharma v. Employees Provident Fund Organization & Ors.

Delhi HC17 Nov 2025W.P.(C)/17378/2025

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What is this about?

EPFO provident fund release; PF Code DLCM00231890000000007; exit date not filled in EPFO portal; writ of mandamus under Article 226; petition dismissed as withdrawn; Grievance and Representation dated 11.01.2024; respondent no. 3 (employer) undertaking; rights and contentions left open; Delhi High Court order 17.11.2025; Amit Sharma J.; Anoop Sharma v. EPFO & Ors.

What did the court decide?

None of the prayed-for writs issued. The petition was permitted to be withdrawn and dismissed as such, with a direction to respondent no. 3 to fill the exit date on the EPFO portal within one week so that the provident fund amount is released to the petitioner; the exemption application CM APPL. 71732/2025 was allowed and disposed of; pending applications stand disposed of; all rights and contentions left open. ¶¶22

Anoop Sharma Vs Employees Provident Fund Organization… — Writ and Judicial Review | Delhi HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether Respondents Nos. 1 & 2 should be directed by writ of mandamus to release the entire balance standing in the Petitioner's PF Account (PF Code DLCM00231890000000007) and transfer it to his linked HDFC Bank account. +1 more

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Court's answer

Leave having been granted to withdraw, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn and disposed of, with the direction that respondent no. 3 shall fill the exit date on the EPFO portal within one week so that the provident fund amount is released to the petitioner.

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Ratio / Principle

On instructions, counsel for the petitioner did not press prayer (ii) (disposal of the Grievance and Representation dated 11.01.2024); the Court proceeded accordingly and that prayer fell away.

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Key takeaways

Exemption application CM APPL. 71732/2025 was allowed subject to all just exceptions and disposed of.obiter¶¶11
Pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of.obiter¶¶23
All rights and contentions of the parties are left open; no adjudication on merits was made.obiter¶¶24

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court, W.P.(C) 17378/2025 & CM APPL. 71731/2025 (Amit Sharma, J.), order dated 17.11.2025 — Anoop Sharma v. Employees Provident Fund Organization & Ors. Petition under Article 226 sought (i) a writ of mandamus directing Respondents Nos. 1 & 2 to release the entire balance in the petitioner's PF Account (PF Code DLCM00231890000000007) and transfer it to his linked HDFC Bank account, and (ii) disposal of the petitioner's Grievance and Representation dated 11.01.2024. Counsel did not press prayer (ii). Respondent no. 3 undertook to fill the exit date in the EPFO portal to facilitate release of the provident fund amount; on that basis counsel sought and obtained leave to withdraw the petition. The Court dismissed the petition as withdrawn, directed respondent no. 3 to fill the exit date on the EPFO portal within one week, disposed of pending applications, and expressly left all rights and contentions of the parties open. The exemption application CM APPL. 71732/2025 was allowed subject to all just exceptions.

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IN THEHIGH COURTOF DELHIAT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 17378/2025& CM APPL. 71731/2025

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ANOOP SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. A. Ramanujan, Mr. Upamanyu Sharma, Mr. Akshat Agrawal, Mr. Parshat Singh, Mr. Parth Singh and Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Advocates.

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versus

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EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. D.Rajeshwar Rao and Mr. Banka Bihari, Advocates for R-1. Mr. Shubham Prasad, SPC for R-2. Mr. Santosh Kumar and Mr. Ritik Dwivedi, Advocates for R-3.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA

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O R D E R % 17.11.2025

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This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

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CM APPL. 71732/2025 (exemption)

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Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Application is disposed of.

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W.P.(C) 17378/2025 & CM APPL. 71731/2025

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The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeks following prayers:-

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“i. Issue Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, direction, or order directing the Respondent No. 1 & 2 to release the entire balance amount as on date in the Petitioner’s PF Account bearing PF Code DLCM00231890000000007 and have the same transferred to the Petitioner’s account being HDFC Bank Account No. 0031050136792 which is linked to the Petitioner’s PF Account, without prejudice to the

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/11/2025 at 12:52:40

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rights and contentions of the Petitioner;

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ii. Issue Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, direction, or order directing the Respondent No. 1 & 2 to decide the Petitioner’s Grievance and Representation dated 11.01.2024 in accordance with law & pass a reasoned and speaking order within 7 days; & iii. Pass such further order(s) or grant relief as this Hon’ble Court may deem just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.”

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Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, on instructions, does not wish to press prayer (ii) in the present petition.

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So far as prayer (i) in the present petition is concerned, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no. 3 submits that the latter shall fill the exit date in the EPFO portal, in order to facilitate the release of provident fund amount to the petitioner.

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In view of the above statement, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner seeks leave of this Court to withdraw the present petition.

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Leave granted.

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The present petition is dismissed as withdrawn and disposed of accordingly, with the direction that respondent no. 3 shall fill the exit date on the EPFO portal within a period of one week, in order to ensure that the provident fund amount is released to the petitioner.

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Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.

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All rights and contentions of the parties are left open.

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Order be uploaded on the website of this Court, forthwith .

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AMIT SHARMA, J

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NOVEMBER 17, 2025 /sn/db

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/11/2025 at 12:52:40

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