The Kerala High Court has ruled that the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) cannot deny a higher pension to subscribers who contributed to the scheme based on full salary even if there were delayed payments.
The court's decision comes from a case involving four retired employees of the Thiruvananthapuram Regional Co-operative Milk Producers Union.
The HC found that EPFO's reason for denying higher pension, due to certain bulk or delayed contributions, was invalid.
The court ordered EPFO to disburse the pension payments to the four retired dairy employees within three months.