Telangana High Court
WP/20855/2025 of Vikash Kumar Jain Vs The Regional P.F. Commissioner on 8 December 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION NO: 20855 OF 2o25 Between: Vikas! Kumar Jain, S/o. Bachhraj Jain, aged about
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA
WRIT PETITION NO: 20855 OF 2o25
Between:
Vikas! Kumar Jain, S/o. Bachhraj Jain, aged about 47 years, Occ.pvt Employee, R/o. Flat No.1 203, Emami City, Block 43, 2, Jessore R6ad Dum Oum, Kdtak'ata_
700028
AND
...PETIT|ONER
1. The_Regional P.F. Commissioner, Hyderabad, Bhavishyanidhi Bhawan, No.
3-4-763. Barkatpura Chaman, Hyderabad - S0OO27.
2. 5?*y Stock Broking Limited, Karvy [\/illennium, plot No.3.l /p, Nanakramguda Financial District, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. Rangareddi, TG-500032.
...RESPONDENTS
Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, direction, or more particularly in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring the action of Respondent No.'1 in issuing the lmpugned Order in Grievance lD APHYDlEl2024l38819 dt.25l11t2O2S passed on o511212025 rejecting the Petitioner's claim for transfer of his provident Fund dues to his new employer as illegal, arbitrary, and contrary to the Employees'
Provident Funds Act, 1952, the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, .1952 and Article 14 and Article 3004 of the Constitution of lndia, 1950 and consequentially direct the transfer of his PF Account, in the interest of justice.
IA NO: 1 OF 2025
Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the ;ircumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High CoL 1 may be pleased to suspend the impugned Order with a Grievance lD I PHYD/E/2024138819
d1.2511112025 passed on 0511212025 which was issued by i :spondent No. 1.
Counsel for the Petitioner: Ms. MANINI BHARATI, REPRETS :NTING
SRI BOKARAO LOKESHIAI, tR REDDY
Counsel forthe Respondent No.1: SRI S. SURENDER REt) )Y, S.C. FOR EPFO
Counsel forthe Respondent No.2: -
The Court made the following: ORDER
IN TIIE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT TIYDERABAD
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA
lIIRIT PETITION No.2O855 of 2o25
o4.12.2025
Between:
Vikash Kumar Jain
..,Petitioner
AND
The Regional P.F.Commissioner, Hyderabad, Bhavishyanidhi Bhawan, No.3-4-763, Barkatpura Chaman, Hyderabad and another
...Respondents
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ORDER:
The petitioner challenges the order dated O5.12.2024 passed by Respondent No.l rejecting his PF transfer claims under Form-
13. He seeks a direction to transfer his PF accumulations from his previous employer, Karv5r Stock Broking Limited, to his present employer.
2. Heard Ms.Manini Bharati, learned counsel representing Mr.Bokarao Lokeshwar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri S.Surender Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for EPFO. perllsggl the record.
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3. The case of the petitioner is that petitioner Assistalt General Manager of respondent No.2_(), registered under the Employees, provident Fund I Provisions Act, 1 952 (for short .,the Act"). It is furrl worked there from O2.O7.2olg to 03.0g.2O2 1 O9.IL.2O2I. It is further stated that his pF c: deducted every month but were not deposited I Although PF amounts were deducted from his sa: allegedly failed to deposit both its own anc contributions. After resigning and moving for neu petitioner sought to transfer his pF account an( Transfer Claim For;r (Form i3) on 24tt Novemb: same was rejected on 05.12.2024. Aggrieved by tt the present writ petition. ,vas appointed as mpany, which is rd Miscellaneous er stated that he and relieved on rtributions were
1. the employer. ry, the employer the errrployee's rmployment, the filed an online ', 2024 and the e same, he filed
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner further s rbmits that the issue involved in this writ petition is squarely cov,r'ed by the order dated 22.08.2024 pessed by rhis Court in W.p.No 32058 of 2O23, wherein it was held that an employee cannot be ct nied transfer of PF accumulation merely because the previous enr rloyer defaulted in remitting contributions. It is submitted that a sL oilar order mav be passed even in this case.
When the matter was taken up for hearing, learned Standing Counsel for EPFO, for respondent No.1 placed on record \ instructions dated 05.12.2025 issued by the Assistant P.F"Commissioner(Legal), Employees provident Fund Organization, wherein it is stated that Form 13 was transferred to BG/BNG/1645396/11301 for an amount of Rs.5, 14,27Tl- on 28.11.2025 and informed to the petitioner through Mail on
03. t2.2025.
6. Considering the submissions made and in view of the instructions placed on record by the learned Standing Counsel for EPFO stating that the petitioner's Form-l3 has a-lready been processed and the Provident Fund amount of Rs.5, 14,2TZ l- has been transferred to BG/BNG/1645396/ll3}l -n 2B.ll.2O2S, and, the same has been duly communicated. to the petitioner on 03.12.2025, it appears that the grievance of the petitioner stands redressed.
7. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of, recording the fact that the Provident Fund transfer has been comp,eted. However, it is open to the petitioner to work out his remedies in accordance with I I law if any further grievance persists. No order as to costs.
Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition shall stand closed. , / s D/'A r{ is f^"^YYt 33,tY[t[ //TRUE COPY// t.' \ t \r.i-- f,.t,o* oFFrcER j fanidhi Bhawan, No. To IVP
1. The_Regional P.F. Commissioner, Hyderabad, Bhavis 3.-4-763, Barkatpura Chaman, Hydera6ad _ SOOiOil .
2. One CC to SRt BOKARAO LOKESHWAR REDDY, Ad! )cate tOpUCl
3. One CC to SRt S SURENDER REDDY, S C. for EPFO 'OpUCl
4. Two CD Copies
HIGH COURT DAT 1D:0811212025 Il tli llffi ). 7t
ORDER
WP.No.20855 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE ITI IIT PETITION " WIT'I{OUT COSTS ?lt',
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