Payment of EPF Claim – List of attestation authority on

Ministry of Labour & Employment

21-May, 2012

Payment of EPF

Employees of a liquidated company can file their claim for provident fund, duly attested by any of the following authorized persons: 

 Member of Parliament; 

 Member of Legislative Assembly; 

 Magistrate; 

 A Gazetted Officer; 

 Sarpanch of the Village; 

 Manager of the Bank in which the Bank Account of the claimant is maintained; and

 Notary Public, etc. 

As per the provisions contained in the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952, claims of a member, completed in all respect, is to be settled within 30 days of its receipt in the office Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). 

This information was given by the Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge in reply to a written question in the Lok Sabha today. 

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