Seeding bank account details with UAN – Important change in procedure now no requirement of uploading of cheque leaf/passbook and employer approval: EPFO Order dated 03.04.2025
Employees Provident Fund Organisation
(MITISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)
Head Office
Plate A Ground Floor. Block II. East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi- 110023
No: WSU/IssuesofBKG/E-49885/2024-25/16
Date: 3/April/2025
To,
All ACC (HQ)/ACC (Zones)
All RPFC-I/RPFC-II/APFC OICs
Subject: Removal of uploading of the image of cheque leaf/ attested bank passbook and Removal of the requirement of Employer approval for seeding bank account details with UAN -reg.
Madam /Sir,
In continuation of earlier efforts to facilitate the speedy settlement of claims filed online and to reduce the rejection of claims due to the reason of non-uploading of the image of cheque leaf/ attested bank passbook while filing claims online, it has been decided that the members shall not be required to upload the image of cheque leaf/ attested bank passbook at the time of filing a claim provided the bank account seeded with UAN is validated by concerned bank/NPCI, with effect from the date of this circular.
It has also been decided that there shall be no requirement of approval of Employer in the bank account seeding process henceforth. Further, all requests pending for bank KYC seeding at Employer level will be auto-approved following the verification process from the Bank/NPCI.
[This has the approval of CPFC]
Yours sincerely,
G. R. Suchindranath
ACC (WSU)
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