Limitation law not for PF claims

The Provident Fund Commissioner challenged the order through revision petitions filed before the Gujarat State Commission, stalling the complaint from proceeding on merits

Harassment due to delays in releasing an employee's claim for the provident fund (PF) is nothing unusual. There are also several instances when employers deduct the PF but fail to deposit it with the authorities. There is typical bureaucratic indifference to complaints made by aggrieved citizens. The law is well settled that non-payment of PF is a deficiency in service for which a consumer complaint is maintainable, as held by the Supreme Court in Regional Provident Fund Commissioner versus Shiv Kumar Joshi [III (1999) CPJ 36 (SC]. The question which now arose was whether the law of limitation would be