Exercising Joint Option Under EPF Scheme Precedes Higher Pension Option Under EPS 1995

Sudhir Kumar Vs Union of India (Patna High Court)

Exercising joint option under Paragraph 26(6) of the Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 is a precursor to exercise option under Paragraph 11(3) of the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 for higher pension.

The Patna High Court, in the case of Sudhir Kumar Vs Union of India, addressed a petition filed by retired employees of the Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. seeking higher pensionable salaries under the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 (EPS). The petitioners, after contrib

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