As per SC's orders, those employees who are in receipt of a pension under EPF/EPS Act and retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation are eligible to apply to the local RPFC for claiming revised pension.
The RPFC whom I met in person last week required me to furnish copies of Form 3 A from the previous employers for the period from 1995 to 30.09.2008 (i.e., the date when I retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation, i.e., 58 years).
The fact remains that out of 4 establishments where I worked during the period between 1995 and 2008, one has become defunct, while the other two immediate (erstwhile) employers pleaded their inability to trace out Form 3 A as these documents were old and disposed of after keeping them for 3-4 years. In the meanwhile, when I asked the RPFC to refer to Form 3-A kept in their office for the relevant period and proceed to work out the arrears of the amount (part of EPF already settled) and let me know for remittance and to advise on enhanced pension, he also pleaded his inability to trace such documents as they had already been disposed of, and they were unable to lay their hands on such records, stating further that if his office were to keep all such old records (more than 3 years old), they may require many buildings to keep such records and hence once again insisted to get it from previous employers. I am really stuck as to how to proceed.
I have only some random payslips issued by the previous employers and also the relevant EPF/EPS numbers of the respective employers. It is also not known, even if I manage to get Forms 3 A from the immediate past 4 employers, whether I should need to get Form 3 A from the rest of the previous employers. In fact, I was in employment and covered under the erstwhile pension scheme since 1976. There is no clarity.
Please offer your expert guidance/view/solution in the aforementioned circumstance.
Thanks,
P. Senthilkumar
Mobile: 9884009193
From India, Chennai
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51The RPFC whom I met in person last week required me to furnish copies of Form 3 A from the previous employers for the period from 1995 to 30.09.2008 (i.e., the date when I retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation, i.e., 58 years).
The fact remains that out of 4 establishments where I worked during the period between 1995 and 2008, one has become defunct, while the other two immediate (erstwhile) employers pleaded their inability to trace out Form 3 A as these documents were old and disposed of after keeping them for 3-4 years. In the meanwhile, when I asked the RPFC to refer to Form 3-A kept in their office for the relevant period and proceed to work out the arrears of the amount (part of EPF already settled) and let me know for remittance and to advise on enhanced pension, he also pleaded his inability to trace such documents as they had already been disposed of, and they were unable to lay their hands on such records, stating further that if his office were to keep all such old records (more than 3 years old), they may require many buildings to keep such records and hence once again insisted to get it from previous employers. I am really stuck as to how to proceed.
I have only some random payslips issued by the previous employers and also the relevant EPF/EPS numbers of the respective employers. It is also not known, even if I manage to get Forms 3 A from the immediate past 4 employers, whether I should need to get Form 3 A from the rest of the previous employers. In fact, I was in employment and covered under the erstwhile pension scheme since 1976. There is no clarity.
Please offer your expert guidance/view/solution in the aforementioned circumstance.
Thanks,
P. Senthilkumar
Mobile: 9884009193
From India, Chennai
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unless the employer helps , the employee is not in position to get the same, employers maintain 3A register also and they can provide the photocopy if they have the same in their custody
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Assuming that the employer furnishes Form 3A and other required details on behalf of the employee with the appropriate joint declaration as required by RPFC, will the EPFO rely on such documents and proceed straight away to calculate the amount payable by the retired employee and inform the revised pension? Since the RPFC claims that records older than three years are not available in their office, how will they verify the authenticity of Form 3A and other details furnished by the employer?
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EPS - Form No. 10-D Pension Claim Form Aadhaar.pdf