EPFO has received many complaints when officials have rejected people’s PF claims without giving any proper reason, due to which the member has to face problems.
PF Claim: If you have applied for PF claim and are worried about its rejection, then do not panic. Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) had issued instructions last year itself to overcome this problem, so that customers facing such problems can Do not have to face.
What does EPFO’s guidelines say?
According to EPFO, no single claim will be rejected for multiple reasons. , Along with this, the department had also instructed the officers that no claim should be delayed unnecessarily and if that claim is rejected again, the reason for the same should be clearly stated.
According to the guidelines of EPFO, if any deficiencies are found while filing the claim of any EPFO subscriber, then inform him in advance, so that his claim does not take much time. If even after this the claim is rejected, then all the claims should be sent for review and their deficiencies should be rectified and then the member’s claim should be processed within the stipulated time.
According to the guidelines, all the deficiencies found in the claim will have to be informed to the employees at once, so that no PF account holder has to face trouble again and again. The department says that every claim should be thoroughly investigated.
EPFO has received many complaints when officials have rejected people’s PF claims without giving any proper reason, due to which the member has to face problems.
In the new guideline, EPFO has also said that field offices will send any canceled PF claims to the zonal office for review. Also, the member’s claim should be processed within the stipulated time.
Process of withdrawing money online from PF account
You have to go to the member portal on the official website of EPFO. After that click on the Services option in the menu. Now click on For Employees. A new page will open, here you will have to select the option of Member UAN/Online Service (OCS/OTCP).
After this the login page will open. Enter your UAN and password here and login to the portal. After this click on online services. Select CLAIM (FORM-31, 19 & 10C) from the drop down menu.
After this a new page will open in front of you then you will have to verify your bank account number. After account verification, Certificate of Undertaking will open, which you will have to accept. After this you will also have to accept the Certificate of Undertaking. In the next step you will have to click on the option of Proceed for Online Claim.
Now a form will open, here you have to select PF ADVANCE (FORM – 31) from the dropdown in front of I want to apply for.
After this you will have to tell the reason for withdrawing the money and also the amount you want to withdraw. After this, as soon as you mark the checkbox, the process will be completed and your application will also be submitted.
