Regional Provident Fund Commissioner vs Shiv Kumar Joshi on 14 December, 1999
In so far as the employees' provident fund is concerned, copies of judgments, including those in Regional Provident Fund Commissioner vs. Shiv Kumar Joshi (supra) and State Bank of Mysore vs. S. K. Vidya & Anr. (supra) have been placed on record, as per which, the complainants have tried to show that the matters pertaining to the provident fund were covered under the category of consumer disputes. However, before discussing the orders passed in these judgments, it is necessary to know whether the amount in question was deducted from the gratuity amount or from the provident fund dues. It also requires to be ascertained whether the controlling authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 had already taken a decision on the application filed on behalf of the complainant before them, as stated in the memo of appeal filed by the OPs before the State Commission.