Removal of mandatory uploading of the image of cheque leaf/ attested bank passbook for certain eligible cases: EPFO

Removal of mandatory uploading of the image of cheque leaf/ attested bank passbook for certain eligible cases of settlement of EPF of claims: EPFO Order dated 28.05.2024

EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT. GOVERN MENT OF INDIA
Head Office :
Bhavishva Nidhi Bhawan, 15. Bhikaiji Cama Place. New Delhi- 110066

No: WSU/E- 49885 / 1333

Date: 28/May/2024

To,

All ACC (HQ)/ACC (Zones)
All RPFC-I/RPFC-II/APFC OICs

Subject: Removal of mandatory uploading of the image of cheque leaf/ attested bank passbook for certain eligible cases-reg.

Madam /Sir,

With a view to facilitate the speedy settlement of claims filed online and to reduce the rejection of claims due to the reason of non-uploading of the image of cheque leaf/ attested bank passbook while filing claims online, it has been decided with the approval of the CPFC to relax the requirement of mandatory uploading of the image of cheque leaf/ attested bank passbook for certain eligible cases based on certain validations which include Online Verification of the Bank KYC by concerned Bank/NPCI, Verification of Bank KYC by the employer using DSC, Seeded Aadhaar Number verified by UIDAI among others.

In all such cases, the following message is displayed in the last part of the PDF of the claim.

“The bank KYC has been online verified by bank and has been digitally signed by the employer for this case among other validations and therefore, mandatory uploading of the image of cheque leaf/attested bank passbook is not required“

This new relaxation has been deployed in the Field Office application on 09/05/2024 and an email notification on this had also been sent to all ZOs on 13/May/2024.

The claims being eligible for this relaxation would be soon color coded for ease of identification of such claims by the Dealing Hands to prevent any inadvertent returning of such claims due to the reason of NON uploading of the image of the cheque leaf/bank passbook, alone.

Till such time, all the DAs in Accounts Section are required to watch for the above message in the claim PDF so as to avoid any such inadvertent returns.

Yours sincerely,

RAMAN DHANASEKAR
Regional P. F. Commissioner-I
RPFC-I (WSU)

Source: EPFO