As all EPS 95 Pensiners know, EPFO HQ had issued a circular on 23.3.2017 regarding implementation of orders dt. 4.10.2016 of the Supreme Court regarding Higher Pension. I had been seeking information from time to time regarding the number of EPS 95 Pensioners who have expired after the issue of said circular dt. 23.3.2017 and had been seeking such information for the years 2017-18 & onwards but every time EPFO HQ as well as Zonal Offices had transferred applications here & there filed.
Finally, following RTI application after collecting the relevant information so that EPFO may not be able to refuse/transfer application. Here is the text of my application dated 31.8.2020
Relates to Head Office - IS Division Your kind attention is invited towards
a) Section 8(j) of the RTI Act, 2005 wherein it has been provided that THE INFORMATION WHICH CANNOT BE DENIED TO THE PARLIAMENT OR A STATE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT BE DENIED TO ANY PERSON.
b) Information provided by the IS Division to the Pension Division in r/o Rajya Sabha Parliament Unstarred Question no. 428 /Question Diary no. S-929
c) The above information had been provided to the Pension Division through the centralised data being maintained by IS Division
d) The above information had been provided vide email by Ms. Leena Aggarwal, AD (IS) from email ID leena.aggarwal@epfindia.gov.in to rc.is@epfindia.gov.in with a copy to sathya.bama@epfindia.gov.in on 14.11.2019 at 2:53PM
e) The said information had further been provided by IS Division (rc.is@epfindia.gov.in) to Pension Division (rc.pension@epfindia.gov.in) on 14.11.2019 at 3:03PM
f) The aforesaid information had been provided by MoL&E in its reply on 20.11.2019 in the Rajya Sabha wherein it had been informed that from 1995 to till date 624009 member pensioners had expired In view of above, please provide me the following information Year wise number of member pensioners of EPS 1995 expired during the following period:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
d. 2020- till date
Additional fee for the documents may be sought from Parveen Kohaliji as original application filed by him only through this RTI Online Portal. The reply has been received today and is being shared. It is a matter of great concern that a large number of pensioners have been deprived of the benefit of Higher Pension allowed by the Supreme Court only due to bad intentions of EPFO.
Credit Respected Parveen Kohaliji
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