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revribhav (Hindi)     04 October 2013

Complaint against provident fund forefeiture

Forefeiture of Provident Fund of an honest Hindi Translator:Complaint 3.10.2013   Inbox 
  Revribhav  <revribhav@gmail.com>   Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 8:39 AM
 To: ps_secyol <ps_secyol@nic.in>, "jsins-dfs@nic.in" <jsins-dfs@nic.in>, secyol <secyol@nic.in>, "secy.president" <secy.president@rb.nic.in>, gsrinivasan <gsrinivasan@newindia.co.in

 Ministry of Home Affairs,
 Deptt of Official Language,
 New Delhi.
 Please find attached herewith complaint dated 3.10.2013 from an honest
 Hindi Translator.
 The Insurance Company Officials who dismissed me on the sole "grave"
 charge of leaving Headquarters (to secure court stay against transfer
 as per their report) seem to have forefeited my Provident Fund without
 any speaking order.
 Kindly note that denial/forefeiture/deductions of Provident Fund of
 the complainant is not a subject matter of any legal dispute pending
 with any court or tribunal as on date.There is no stay order of any
 court of law to deny me provident fund which I used to save for a
 rainy day.
 regards,
 Shri Gopal Soni (complainant)
 C231,Panchsheel Nagar,Ajmer-305004

 CC: for info and n.a. Please.
 1.Secretary to the President of India,
 New Delhi.
 2.Chairman,New India Assurance Co. Ltd,
 87,M.G. Road,Fort,Mumbai.
 3.Senior G.M.
 New India Assurance Co. Ltd,
 87,M.G. Road,Fort,Mumbai.



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 13 Replies

Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Advocate)     04 October 2013

only understood that there is denial of PF.  No circumstances given as to how/why PF was due.? how forefeiture is illegal? very vague query.

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revribhav (Hindi)     04 October 2013

 Appointment letter has already been attached with the complaint. 

There is difference between a query and a complaint.

 

The Company is merely a trustee of Provident Fund

The common law provides for forefeiture of gratuity in the case of

specific amount of loss attributed to employee.

However Provident Fund cannot be deducted/ forefeited/ denied

even if the account holder is declared bankrupt.

"Where the person deals with public money or is engaged in financial transactions or acts in a fiduciary capacity, the highest degree of integrity and trustworthiness is a must and unexceptionable."

Citation from:

U.P.S.R.T.C. Vs. Ram Kishan Arora [2007] Insc 538 (9 May 2007)

S.B. Sinha & Markandey Katju

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 2410 OF 2007 [Arising out of SLP (Civil) No. 7322 of 2006] S.B. SINHA, J :

The only grave charge attributed against me during my twenty years services without sigma was:

Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Advocate)     04 October 2013

what is query

Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Advocate)     04 October 2013

CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION

   Satarkata Bhavan , A-Block

GPO Complex , INA

New Delhi - 110 023


EPABX :- 011- 24600200  (30 Lines)   

FAX : 011- 24651010/24651186    

Email : cenvigil@nic.in

revribhav (Hindi)     01 May 2014

Rejoinder to Case No.2256/20/1/13 Forefeiture of Provident Fund  
  Revribhav  <revribhav@gmail.com>   Thu, May 1, 2014 at 5:34 AM
 To: covdnhrc <covdnhrc@nic.in>, sgnhrc <sgnhrc@nic.in>
 Cc: gsrinivasan <gsrinivasan@newindia.co.in>, ksanathkumar <ksanathkumar@newindia.co.in>, "s.ramabhadran@newindia.co.in" <s.ramabhadran@newindia.co.in>, "p.nayak" <p.nayak@newindia.co.in>, "segar.sampath" <segar.sampath@newindia.co.in>, "rafi.ahmed" <rafi.ahmed@newindia.co.in>, "rakesh.kumar" <rakesh.kumar@newindia.co.in>, "hari.srinivas" <hari.srinivas@newindia.co.in>, "lalit.vaid" <lalit.vaid@newindia.co.in

 Where there is no vision, the people perish__________________________________
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                         Dated: 30/04/2014
 National Human Rights Commission,
 Manav Adhikar Bhawan,Block C
 GPO Complex,NIA,NEW DELHI-110025

 Subject: Regarding your LETTER 1/APR 2014** Case No.2256/20/1/13
                     With reference to my complaint dated Septemeber
 2013 your above mentioned letter, attaching reply  of one Mr.
 Nayak,***G.M.Personnel Dept,NIACL I  clarify the following:-
                           **annexure6                   ***annexure7

 1)      Under Para 3 Mr Nayak has referred to what he calls “series of
 litigation going on between the company and Mr. Soni”.
 Clarification:- That there is no pending  litigation in  the specific
 complaint of forefeiture/attachment of PF of complainant without any
 rule of law on behalf of NIACL. .Please refer annexure 1 for details
 of and  nature of litigations.

 2. That the issue of forefeiture of  Provident fund (I beg to
 emphasise,without any  consent of the complainant) is not pending as
 on date before any court of law and/ or tribunal.(please refer
 annexure 1 for actual details of all litigations).
 That none of the terms and conditions mutually agreed upon between the
 complainant and the NIACL empowered the forefeiture /attachment of the
 provident fund of the complainant.
 Appointment order of the complainant w.e.f. 24th February 2008 is
 enclosed  as Annexure-2

 3. That there is no relevance of Mr. Nayak,GM,NIACL harping upon what
 he calls “various misconducts”  he attributes against the complainant
 running into various paragraph of three pages as the chairman of the
 insurance company,a superior authority to the rank of GM NIACL, vide a
 self speaking order dated 9TH June 2011 pronounced: (quote begin)
 Hence, on consideration of all the facts and circumstances of the case
 as also to meet the ends of justice, I admit the Memorial dated
 25.5.2010 submitted by Mr. Shrigopal Soni and I hereby set aside the
 Orders dated 5.11.2009 and 16.11.2009 passed by the Appellate
 Authorities (quote ends).
 That there is no stay order on the above order,the positive
 consequences of the above order have yet to be implemented by NIACL
 ,however ,motivated by  corporate  hatred  instituted against an
 honest human being , red- tapism is applied behind corporate veil
 instead of  reviving the forefeited benefits of complainant, gratuity
 etc.

 4.        That a distorted negative picture is painted against  the
 dignified complainant who consistently uses RTI  against corruption in
 public life in all 3 pages of  the letter issued by NIACL GM I wish to
 draw your kind attention  to the last third para  of the reply wherein
 the facts are distorted to deviate the NHRC from the forefeiture of PF
 (page No.3)
           That one  A. R. Sekar ,against whom my complaint addressed
 to NHRC of September 2013 was filed , instituted the policy of fury
 and hate by way of violent words against the complainant.One of the
 several orders passed by him in the course of duty of a  public
 servant of a PSU  reads as under: (quote starts)
           On perusal of his appeals(numbering 74 as on date) filed by
 the appellant to the undersigned,against his 109 no. of applications
 under RTI submitted by him to his Employer/Committee of Parliament…/
 Ministry of Finance/Central Vigilance Commission etc.,it is noted that
 the appellant is not interested in any genuine information but is
 merely making an attempt to subvert the mechanism of the Act for no
 public gain. (quote ends).         The absolute authoritative order
 of Mr. Sekar effectively discriminating the complainant isolating him
 against  the  Right to Information  accorded  to citizen of India,
 amounts to being whimsical and capricious. It is  against the Book of
 Do’s and Don’ts applicable to every official of the general insurance
 PSUs.
       Mr Sekar  held influence  during 2007 to first quarter of 2014 ,
 e.g. that of  senior most General Manager, Chairman ex-officio,
 Financial Advisor of NIACL one of his sample orders, reads as above
 -Appeal No. 029/2009 dated 25th June 2009
 Thus  the complaint against an official of NIACL is substantial based
 on material evidence.

 5.      That the hateful & humiliating wrath of said  Mr. Sekar,in the
 course of earning himself  public money and permit abuse of public
 resources  was deliberate  against an honest,qualified but financially
 poor human being who ,even after several years faces the consequences
 of illegal transfer (despite stay orders of court of law effective as
 on the last order of 9.06.2011) and  that of dismissal on, one , only
 one “grave” charge ever mentioned in the memorandumīŒ{quoted with
 image}:-

                                          The liberal and human Mr.
 Sekar  was seen in the personal company of one of the well known
 corrupt official(s) of  the NIACL salary No. 26019 who after about one
 decade,evades any serious departmental action,an association leader of
 NIACL as on 20 July 2012 at Jaipur (evidence in Annexure -3)

 5. The complainant clarifies about  the last order dated 9.06.2011
 signed by NIACLchairman. The Chairman  may have the authority  to set
 aside the punishment imposed upon the complainant however he had no
 authority to transfer a Hindi Translator in view of at least three
 grounds:-
 (a) The chairman discriminated against the complainant violating the
 well defined transfer and mobility policy of class 3 that restricts
 the transfer within radius of 150-200 km.
 (b)  The Hindi department of the company has issued a policy  dated
 5.06.2007 that no employee holding designation of Hindi  can
 effectively  be  transferred without replacement of same designation.
 The same is submitted as Annexure-4.
 (c) The high court stay order dated 30.July 2007 was effective
 restricting the chairman not to transfer the petitioner of writ
 petition no.4575/2007

 6.      That it is not only the clear and unambiguous decision of
 various court of law but also the NIACL directions dated 29.10.2009
 that (a) no forefeiture from gratuity is permissible without specific
 mention in the penalty order of the loss caused by employee (b) Amount
 standing to  Provident Fund of employee can neither be withheld nor be
 attached.
 The same is submitted as Annexure-5.
                   That there is no NIACL speaking order to recover any
 single rupee from the Provident Fund of the complainant on the basis
 of any enquiry/audit recovery/vigilance advice.
 The NHRC is requested to issue directions to provide human relief to
 the complainant to the NIACL chairman and the board of directors.

 7. That the complaint keeps the dignity of  a law abiding citizen of
 India who  has never filed any criminal case against anyone and, none
 on behalf of NIACL have succeeded to implicate the complainant in a
 criminal /cyber law case.
 Affected by trauma of  distorted facts in letter addressed to NHRC
 ,without even an information to complainant , I have ,(after receipt
 of your letter enclosing the same) communicated on 22.04.2014 to the
 G.M.  as well as to the chairman of thePSU.,that I have never been
 penalized by any court of law  further   I face no  defamation case
 and in the event of  what Mr. Nayak describes as “misconduct”(s) in
 his attached reply dated 19.11.2013  is real and substantial  it must
 reasonably be proved in the  tribunal as neither the hon’ble  high
 court nor the NHRC are the appropriate  forum to adjudicate it.
      So far neither Mr. Nayak nor any other official of the insurance
 company have responded. This leads to a reasonable conclusion that.
 the reply 19.11.2013   is not based upon facts but motivated to
 justify  a corporate  hatred against a human being  for invoking RTI
 against  red- tapism & abuse of public  money.
 I verify that the facts mentioned above are true and correct to the
 best of my knowledge and belief,the matters under complaint that is,
 forefeiture /attachment /adjustment  from  provident fund  are  not
 presently the subject matter of any litigation .
  Yours Sincerely,
 Shri Gopal Soni
          revribhav@gmail.com
 Address: C231,Panchsheel Nagar,AJMER-305004              0145-2644106
 By e-mail:                                annexure 1 to 7
                    :                                         Info. &
 necessary action please:-Chairman & Board of Directors,New India
 Assurance Co. Ltd,87,M.G. Road,Fort,Mumbai-400001.
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  NHRC-2 13.6.88 Appointment order w.e.f. 24.02.88.pdf
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  NHRC-3 A.R.SEKAR with bribe taker 26019.pdf
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  NHRC-4 5.06.07 no hindi transfer without replacement.pdf
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Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Advocate)     01 May 2014

be specific 

Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Advocate)     01 May 2014

be specific 

revribhav (Hindi)     14 July 2014

As per the last information gathered from NHRC website they seem to have sent the complainant's rejoinder to NIACL.

Attached e-mail reminder dated 7 July 2014 has been communicated to NHRC as well as chairman and board of directors of the insurance company.


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revribhav (Hindi)     15 September 2014

 

Revribhav

AttachmentWed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:30 AM
To: covdnhrc , sgnhrc
Cc: gsrinivasan , ksanathkumar , "s.ramabhadran@newindia.co.in" , "p.nayak" , "segar.sampath" , "rafi.ahmed" , "rakesh.kumar" , "hari.srinivas" , "lalit.vaid"
 

Where there is no vision, the people perish__________________________________
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        Reminder 9 September 2014                Dated: 30/04/2014


 

 


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Kumar Doab (FIN)     15 September 2014

You may find the following thread useful:

 

https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/P-f-gratuity-90740.asp#.UqC5qdIW1MA

 

revribhav (Hindi)     09 October 2014

Last reminder:

Rejoinder to Case No.2256/20/1/13 Forefeiture of Provident Fund        Wed, Oct 8, 2014

To:      <covdnhrc@nic.in>,      <sgnhrc@nic.in>

In order to protect the human rights of complainant,it is requested that reply awaited from respondent insurance company be closed and long awaited relief be provided to complainant.

 


Quoted from  news published online :

"PF denial costs bank Rs 3 lakh
Rebecca Samervel, TNN | May 13, 2014, 12.22AM IST

MUMBAI: The state consumer commission recently ordered the Bank of Baroda to pay compensation of Rs 3 lakh to a former employee for refusing to pay its contribution towards his provident fund. The commission also directed the bank to pay P Unnikrishnan Rs 1.33 lakh of the provident fund amount due to him.
 
Unnikrishnan filed the appeal in the Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in 2005 after a district forum, while directing the bank to pay interest on the provident fund, rejected his plea with respect to the contribution of the bank towards the provident fund.
 
In his appeal, the complainant said that he was an employee of the bank and his services were terminated. His provident fund as far as his contribution was concerned was given by the bank, but it was delayed. The officials refused to disburse the contribution of the bank towards his provident fund.
 


Unnikrishnan filed a complaint for interest on the amount which was given late by the bank. He also sought the contribution of the bank towards the provident fund.
 
The bank cited the forfeiture clause covered by the Bank of Baroda Provident Fund Rules that says an employee's contribution can be forfeited if it is established that the employee committed financial misconduct and caused large financial losses.
 
Unnikrishnan's lawyer pointed out that the final order of removal passed by the assistant general manager, disciplinary authority, was to the effect that his removal should not be a disqualification for future employment. The lawyer said there was no observation about financial loss.
 
"We find that forfeiture clause in the Bank of Baroda Provident Fund Rules cannot be invoked in the present case, which was wrongly invoked by the district forum," the commission said.
 
It held that Unnikrishnan was entitled to the contribution and the interest "

 

 

revribhav (Hindi)     07 December 2014


Subject: 7 December 2014 Subject: rejoinder to Case No. 2256/20/1/13
Forefeiture of Provident Fund
To: covdnhrc@nic.in, ionhrc@nic.in
Cc: gsrinivasan@newindia.co.in, ksanathkumar@newindia.co.in,
s.ramabhadran@newindia.co.in, p.nayak@newindia.co.in,
segar.sampath@newindia.co.in, rafi.ahmed@newindia.co.in,
rakesh.kumar@newindia.co.in, hari.srinivas@newindia.co.in,
lalit.vaid@newindia.co.in, rajan.kumar@nic.in, rsachar@nic.in,
rajesh.khullar@nic.in, jsrev@nic.in

Date: 7 December 2014
Subject: rejoinder to Case No. 2256/20/1/13 Forefeiture of Provident Fund
Madam/Sir,
Please find the attachment for your information and necessary action.
Instead of prolonged bureaucratic tactics of blaming the victim,
A sincere action with human sensitivity is expected by the complainant.
Complainant,
Shri Gopal Soni (an honest citizen of India)
C231,Panchsheel Nagar,Ajmer-305004
Cell No. (0)9414982395

revribhav (Hindi)     22 December 2014

<revribhav@gmail.com> Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:02 AM
To: gsrinivasan <gsrinivasan@newindia.co.in>
Cc: "av.girijakumar" <av.girijakumar@nic.co.in>, aksaxena <aksaxena@orientalinsurance.co.in>, milindkharat <milindkharat@uiic.co.in>

To,

General Insurers Public Sector Association
Jeevan Vihar,III Floor,
Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001.

Kind attention:-Mr. G. Srinivasan,Chairman
Association Members/Board of Directors;
Chairman-cum-Managing Directors,
The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd, New Delhi
National Insurance Co. Ltd, Kolkata
United India Insurance Co. Ltd, Chennai
The New India Assurance Co. Ltd, 87,M.G. Road, Fort,Mumbai-400001.

Please note that one of your members,that is,the New India
Assurance Co. Ltd officials continue to forefeit my own contribution
Provident Fund with intent to cause bankruptcy, as I am an honest
citizen of India who continues to use RTI against systematic
corruption since 2007 ( https://twitter.com/revribhav
)
I have been informed by the appropriate government authority that
GIPSA is the regulator of the public sector general insurance
companies,therefore your kind interference in the matter is a
reasonable expectation of an honest citizen of India.
regards, (Complainant)
Shri Gopal Soni
C231,Panchsheel Nagar,
Ajmer-305004
P.S. Please treat this e-mail as valid communication.

Text of Complaint:-
Rishvat lete Pakada gaya,rishvat de ... ,..in the Indian sub continent
a proverb says if one is caught taking bribe (unfortunately) paying
bribe is an option to hush up.
Corporate hatred against the innocent...
Provident Fund continues to be forefeited of an honest human being (as
a vendetta of exposing corruption /embezzlement of public money).
https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/Complaint-against-provident-fund-forefeiture-89825.asp
On the other hand A well known bribe taker (26019) actually seen with A. R.
Sekar,The New India Assurance Company Limited (a public sector insurance
company of India) ex-officio chairman as on 20.7.2012.
The legacy continues. https://twitter.com/revribhav


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