Delhi High Court - Orders
Ajay Chandra vs Employees Provident Fund Organization ... on 2 March, 2020
Author: Rekha Palli
Bench: Rekha Palli
$~1 to 23
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ W.P.(C) 6526/2017 with W.P.(C)Nos.8927/2018, 3730/2018,
4139/2018, 13758/2018, 2669/2019, 3645/2019, 4807/2019,
8312/2017
AJAY CHANDRA .....Petitioner
Through Mr.Rajesh Gupta, Mr. Harpreet
Singh, Mr. Ajay Chandra, Mr. Pranjal Sharan,
Advs.
versus
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION (EPFO) &
ORS. ..... Respondents
Through Ms.Kanika Agnihotri and Mr.Arjun,
Adv for R-3.
Mr. Ashim Vachher, Adv. and
Mr.Vaibhav Dabas, Adv. for R4.
Mr.Sanjay K Shandilya, Mr. Apoorva
Aggarwal, Mr. Abhishek and Mr.
Hemant Sharma, Advs. for EPFO.
Ms. Arti Bansal, Adv. for UOI.
Mr. R.K. Kapoor and Ms. Priya
Pande, Advs.
(2)
+ W.P.(C) 8312/2017 with W.P(C)8937/2017, 8989/2017
SHADEY LAL RAINA & ORS ......Petitioners
Through Mr.A.K.Rudra with Mr.Vishweshwar,
Advs.
Versus
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATIONS & ORS
......Respondents
Through Mr.Sanjay K Shandilya, Mr. Apoorva
Aggarwal, Mr. Abhishek and Mr. Hemant Sharma,
Signature Not Verified
DigitallySigned
By:MANJU BHATT
Signing Date:04.03.2020
17:29:24
Advs. for EPFO.
(3)
+ W.P.(C) 13758/2018
DEEPAK KANT AND ORS. .......Petitioners
Through Mr.Amit Seth, Mr. Deep Narain and
Ms. Karnika Seth, Advs.
Versus
EMPLOYEES' PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION AND ORS.
.......Respondents
Through Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
Mr. R.K. Kapoor and Ms. Priya Pande, Advs.
(4)
+ W.P.(C) 3730/2018
RADHAKRISHNAN NAGARAJAN AND ORS .....Petitioners
Through Mr.Rajesh Gupta, Mr. Harpreet
Singh, Mr. Ajay Chandra, Mr. Pranjal Sharan,
Advs.
Versus
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION AND ORS.
.....Respondents
Through Mr. Bhagvan Swarup Shukla, CGSC
with Mr. Gokul Sharma and Mr.
Sharvan Kumar, Advs,.
Mr.Sanjay K Shandilya, Mr. Apoorva
Aggarwal, Mr. Abhishek and
Mr.Hemant Sharma, Advs. for EPFO.
Mr. Utsav Jain, Adv. for R4 & R5.
(5)
Signature Not Verified
DigitallySigned
By:MANJU BHATT
Signing Date:04.03.2020
17:29:24
+ W.P.(C) 4139/2018
ALL INDIA ONGC EX-EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION
.......Petitioner
Through Mr.C.M. Sundaram Iyer, Adv.
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ......Respondents
Through Mr.Vikram Jetly, CGSC for R-1.
Mr.Jeemon Raju K with Mr.Avinash
Singh, Advs for-3 & 4.
Mr.Sanjay K Shandilya, Mr. Apoorva
Aggarwal, Mr. Abhishek and
Mr.Hemant Sharma, Advs. for EPFO.
Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
(6)
+ W.P.(C) 5302/2018
PDIL PENSIONERS WELFARE ASSOCIATION THROUGH ITS
PRESIDENT .....Petitioner
Through Mr.Rajesh Gupta, Mr. Harpreet
Singh, Mr. Ajay Chandra, Mr. Pranjal Sharan,
Advs.
Versus
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION AND ORS.
......Respondents
Through Mr. Jitesh Vikram Srivastava with
Mr.R.M.Tripathi, Advs for UOI.
Mr.Syed Zafarullah Hussain, Adv for
R-4 & 5.
Mr.Sanjay K Shandilya, Mr. Apoorva
Aggarwal, Mr. Abhishek and
Mr.Hemant Sharma, Advs. for EPFO.
Mr. Santosh Kumar Pandey, Adv.
(7)
+ W.P.(C) 8927/2018
Signature Not Verified
DigitallySigned
By:MANJU BHATT
Signing Date:04.03.2020
17:29:24
U.P. SCIDCO RETIRED EMPLOYEE SAMITI ....Petitioner
Through Mr.Rajesh Gupta, Mr. Harpreet
Singh, Mr. Ajay Chandra, Mr. Pranjal Sharan,
Advs.
versus
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION (EPFO) &
ORS ......Respondents
Through Through Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr.
Piyush Vatsa, Advs.for EPFO.
(8)
+ W.P.(C) 2669/2019
TCIL RETIRED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION ....Petitioner
Through Mr. Niklesh Krishnan, Adv.
versus
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION AND ORS.
.......Respondents
Through Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
(9)
+ W.P.(C) 4807/2019 with W.P(C)9162/2019, 563/2019, 3142/2019,
3179/2019
KARAN SINGH GARBYAL .......Petitioner
Through Mr.Ajai Prakash Srivastava, Adv. in
person.
Versus
EMPLOYEE PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION AND ORS.
......Respondents
Through Ms. Avnish Ahlawat with Mr. N.K.
Singh, Mr. Himank Ahuja, Adv. for
R2.
Signature Not Verified
DigitallySigned
By:MANJU BHATT
Signing Date:04.03.2020
17:29:24
Mr.Adarsh Tripathi, Mr. Anish Gupta
and Mr. Nikhil Kandpal, Advs. for
R-3.
Mr. Ashim Vachher, Adv. and
Mr.Vaibhav Dabas, Adv. for R4.
Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
Mr. Puneet Garg, Adv.
(10)
+ W.P.(C) 8937/2017
DINESH MOHAN SHARMA .....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Sanjay Das, Adv.
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS ......Respondents
Through Mr.Vivek Goyal, CGSC for R-1.
Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa, Advs.for
EPFO.
(11)
+ W.P.(C) 8989/2017
NARESH KUMAR SHARMA & ORS ..... Petitioners
Through : Mr. H.D. Thanvi, Mr. Shrey Yadav
and Mr. Shrey Yadav and Ms. Achal Singh Bule,
Advs.
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS ......Respondents
Through Mr. Sanjeev Uniyal, Adv. with Mr.
Dhawal Uniyal, Adv. for R1 with Mr. Santosh Kr.
Pandey, GP.
Ms.Ashin Kochher, Adv for R-3.
Mr.Abhik, Adv. for EPFO.
Mr. Ashim Vachher, Adv. and Mr.Vaibhav Dabas,
Adv. for R4.
Mr.Gulshan Chawla, Adv. for R-5.
Mr.Akshay Chandra, Adv for R-4 & 7.
Signature Not Verified
DigitallySigned
By:MANJU BHATT
Signing Date:04.03.2020
17:29:24
(12)
+ W.P.(C) 8623/2017
SABYASACHI BANNERJEE ......Petitioner
Through Mr.Rabin Majumder, Adv with
Ms.Akansha Srivastava, Adv.
versus
EMPLOYMENT PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION & ORS
......Respondents
Through Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
(13)
+ W.P.(C) 9650/2017
JAI PRAKASH SRIVASTAVA & ORS ......Petitioners
Through Mr.Ajai Prakash Srivastava, Adv.
Versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents
Through Mr. Puneet Tanya and Ms. Laxmi
Kumari, Advs. for R3.
Mr. Ashim Vachher, Adv. and
Mr.Vaibhav Dabas, Adv. for R4.
Mr. Mala Narayan and Mr.Shashwat
Goel, Advs. for R-5 & 6.
Mr.Puneet Taneja, Adv for NTPC.
Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
(14)
+ W.P.(C) 11400/2017 & C.M. No. 2711/2020
UDAI SINGH SISODIA AND ORS. ....Petitioners
Through Mr. Anoop Prakash Awasthi, Adv.
Signature Not Verified
DigitallySigned
By:MANJU BHATT
Signing Date:04.03.2020
17:29:24
Versus
EMPLOYEE PROVIDENT FUND ORGINISATION (EPFO) AND
ORS. ....Respondents
Through Mr. Ashim, Adv.for R3.
Mr. Ashim Vachher, Adv. and
Mr.Vaibhav Dabas, Adv. for R4.
Mr.Gaurang Kanth, Adv for UOI.
Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
(15)
+ W.P.(C) 10564/2017
BRIJENDRA KUMAR SINHA .....Petitioner
Through Mr.Ajai Prakash Srivastava, Adv.
Versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .... Respondents
Through Mr. Ashim Vachher, Adv. and
Mr.Vaibhav Dabas, Adv. for R4.
Mr.Gaurav Malik, Adv for R-3.
Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
(16)
+ W.P.(C) 10985/2017
CHANDURI SURYA SUBRAHMANYA SARMA AND ORS
.....Petitioners
Through Mr.Rajesh Gupta, Mr. Harpreet
Singh,Mr. Ajay Chandra, Mr. Pranjal Sharan,
Advs.
Versus
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION AND ORS
.....Respondents
Signature Not Verified
DigitallySigned
By:MANJU BHATT
Signing Date:04.03.2020
17:29:24
Through Mr.Sarfaraz Ahmad, Adv for R2.
Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa, Advs.for
EPFO.
(17)
+ W.P.(C) 1089/2018
ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM PENSIONERS ......Petitioner
Through Mr.C.M.Sundaram Iyer, Adv.
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS ....Respondents
Through Mr. Vivekanand Mishra, Senior Panel
Counsel for R1.
Ms.Priyanka Das and Mr. Sumit
Upadhyay Adv for R-3 & 4.
Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
(18)
+ W.P.(C) 1268/2018
ALOK SINHA AND ORS. .....Petitioners
Through Mr.Amit Seth, Mr. Deep Narain and
Ms. Karnika Seth, Advs.
Versus
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION AND ORS.
.....Respondents
Through Mr. R.K. Kapoor and Ms. Priya
Pande, Advs.
Mr.Satpal Singh, Adv.
(19)
+ W.P.(C) 1298/2018
RITA GOYAL AND ORS. .....Petitioners
Through Mr.Amit Seth, Mr. Deep Narain and
Ms. Karnika Seth, Advs.
Signature Not Verified
DigitallySigned
By:MANJU BHATT
Signing Date:04.03.2020
17:29:24
Versus
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION AND ORS.
.....Respondents
Through Mr.Satpal Singh, Adv.
(20)
+ W.P.(C) 11896/2018
RATIKANTA SAMANTA RAY ..... Petitioner
Through: Mr. Ajay Prakash Srivastava, Adv.
versus
EMPLOYEE PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION AND ORS.
..... Respondent
Through: Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
Mr.Adarsh Tripathi, Mr. Anish Gupta and Mr.
Nikhil Kandpal, Advs. for R-3.
Mr. Ashim Vachher, Adv. and Mr.Vaibhav Dabas,
Adv. for R4.
(21)
+ W.P.(C) 7095/2019
PRADIP RAMKRISHNARAO DAHAKE ......Petitioner
Through Mr.Ajai Prakash Srivastava, Adv.
Versus
EMPLOYEE PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION AND ORS.
.....Respondents
Through Mr.Sanjay Rawat, Adv for R-3.
Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
Mr. Ashim Vachher, Adv. and
Mr.Vaibhav Dabas, Adv. for R4.
Signature Not Verified
DigitallySigned
By:MANJU BHATT
Signing Date:04.03.2020
17:29:24
(22)
+ W.P.(C) 10735/2019 & CM No.44391/2019
ALL INDIA NHPC WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES FEDERATION
.......Petitioner
Through: Ms.Priya Aristotle, Adv.
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ........Respondent
Through Mr.Ruchir Mishra, Mr. Mukesh Kr.
Tiwari and Mr. Rishesh Manu
Tripathi, Advs.
Mr.Sanjay K Shandilya, Mr. Apoorva
Aggarwal, Mr. Abhishek and Mr.
Hemant Sharma, Advs. for EPFO
Mr.Amit Tyagi and Ms. Amal Merin
Kurian, Advs. R-3 & 4.
Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
Mr.Ruchir Mishra &
Mr.Vivekanand Mishra, Advs for
UOI.
(23)
+ W.P.(C) 11139/2019
RAKESH KUMAR KHANNA ......Petitioner
Through Mr. S.k. Gupta, Adv.
versus
REGIONAL PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER & ANR
.......Respondent
Through Mr.Keshav Mohan Mr. Piyush Vatsa,
Advs.for EPFO.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA PALLI
Signature Not Verified
DigitallySigned
By:MANJU BHATT
Signing Date:04.03.2020
17:29:24
ORDER
% 02.03.2020
1. Mr. Mohan has made part submissions on behalf of respondent- EPFO. One of the primary contentions raised by Mr. Mohan is that even the employer i.e. NTPC Limited did not make contributions to the provident fund on the petitioner's actual salary and therefore, no adjustment of the same could be made with the amount which was required to be remitted to the pension fund for claim of pension on the actual salary.
2. In view of this stand taken by Mr. Mohan, before further arguments are heard, the NTPC Limited in W.P.(C) 6526/2017 and all employers in the connected petitions are granted 10 days time to file affidavits clearly stating as to whether the employee as also the employer had in fact made contributions to the provident fund on the basis of the actual salary.
3. At request, list on 20.03.2020 at 2.15 pm. REKHA PALLI, J.
MARCH 02, 2020 'sdp' Signature Not Verified DigitallySigned By:MANJU BHATT Signing Date:04.03.2020 17:29:24