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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Neelanjit Das

EPFO paid lesser EPS money than what was shown in passbook; Consumer commission orders it to pay Rs 1000 compensation and 9% interest

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kangra at Dharamshala, comprising President Hemanshu Mishra and Members Arti Sood and Narayan Thakur, has held the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) guilty of deficiency in service for wrongly calculating an employee's Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) withdrawal benefit, resulting in a short payment to an employee.

The employee had filed this case as the EPF passbook accessed from EPFO website showed a higher balance than what he was given by EPFO.

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