Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
(Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of lndia)
No. WSU/10(1)2013 /Changes in MAP/21475
Dated 16th November, 2016
To
All ACC(Zones)
All RPFC-I/Officer-in-Charge
Regional/Sub-Regional Offices
Sub: Correction in name of PF member- Delegation of powers thereof.
Ref: HO circular No. WSU/9(1)2013/Settlement of claims/TC/ 15765 dated 02.12.2013
Sir/ Madam,
Please refer to the above said subject.
2. As per the existing instructions, correction of name of member or his/her father ‘s/spouse’s name is to be made on receipt of joint request of the employee as well as the employer alongwith the supporting A copy of the above said circular is enclosed for kind information.
3. Based on the suggestions received from the field offices, the issue has been reviewed and it has been decided that henceforth powers for correction of spelling mistakes in names upto two letters and change of surname in case of female employees on account of marriage shall be delegated to APFC (Accounts) . For rest of the cases,the circular dated 02.12.2013 shall continue to be in force .
This has approval of Central P.F. Commissioner.
Yours faithfully,
End: As above
(Sanjay Kumar)
RPFC – (F&A)
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
(Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of lndia)
No.: WSU/9(1)2013/Settlement of claims/TC/15765
Dated: 2 DEC 2013
To
All Regional P.F. Commissioners
In-charge of the ROs/SROs
Subject:Correction In name of PF Member- Provision in Application Software.
Sir,
IS Division has made a provision in the Application Software for correction in the name, Father/spouse name and Date of Birth of a Provident Fund member in the WAR release 4.27. n this regard, the correction in the name, father/spouse name of the member is to be made only on receipt of joint request of the employee as well as the employer alongwith supporting documents. The documents may be any of the following:-
(i) PAN Card
(ii) Voters identity Card
(iii) Passport
(iv) Driving license
(v) ESIC Identity Card
(vi) Aadhaar Card
(vii) Bank passbook copy/Post Office
(viii) Ration card
(ix) Any school/education related certificate
(x) Certificate issued by Registrar of Birth & Death
(xi) Certificate based on the service records of the Central/State Government Organisation
(xii) Copy of electricity/water/telephone bill in the name of the claimant.
(xiii) Letter from a recognized public authority or public servant verifying the identity and residence of the member to the satisfaction of the competent authority.
2. In all such cases, correction in the name may be approved by RPFC-II/OIC of SRO or RPFC-II (F&A) of RO, as the case may be.
3. The request for change in the date of birth of a member is to be carried out as per the guidelines issued by the Head Office vide circular No. Pension/3/8/OR/I/2005 dated 12.12.2006 (placed at ‘office orders & circulars’ at 51. No. 24 of ‘old circulars’).
4. After following the above procedure, DA (Accounts) shall log into the system and carry out the corrections. The 55 (Accounts) will verify and approve the corrections made by the DA (Accounts). The process flow for executing the change is enclosed for reference.
Yours faithfully
(Sanjay Kumar)
Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer
