{"id":259039,"date":"2008-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jose-k-j-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-7-november-2008"},"modified":"2014-09-12T00:33:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T19:03:56","slug":"jose-k-j-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-7-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jose-k-j-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-7-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Jose K.J. vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 7 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Jose K.J. vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 7 November, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 23588 of 2008(G)\n\n\n1. JOSE K.J., PRINCIPAL (RETD)\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE ASSISTANT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER,\n\n3. THE PROVIDENT FUND OFFICER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.S.EASWARAN\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :07\/11\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                          ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n                         ==============\n                    W.P.(C) NO. 23588 OF 2008 (G)\n                    ====================\n\n              Dated this the 7th day of November, 2008\n\n                             J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
      Petitioner joined service as LPSA in DCMLP School, Appapara,<\/p>\n
Thirunelli, Waynad on 14\/08\/78. He subscribed to the Provident Fund<\/p>\n
(PF) with A\/C No.D17060 and was making his contributions. While<\/p>\n
continuing as LPSA, he applied for the post of HSA(Social Science) against<\/p>\n
the vacancies notified by the Public Service Commission and was<\/p>\n
eventually advised by the PSC on 8\/6\/90. Accordingly, he resigned from<\/p>\n
the LPSA post and joined as HSA(Social Science). It is seen from Ext.P6<\/p>\n
extract of the service book, that on joining as HSA(Social Science) he was<\/p>\n
admitted to General Provident Fund w.e.f. June 1991 and his GPF Account<\/p>\n
No was Edn.Account No.225230. Petitioner submits that soon thereafter<\/p>\n
he made Ext.P1 application for transfer of his accumulated PF dues to his<\/p>\n
GPF Account.     It is stated that the application was made to the 2nd<\/p>\n
respondent, who forwarded the application by Ext.P2 dated 21\/8\/91.<\/p>\n
However, orders were not passed transferring his PF accumulation. In the<\/p>\n
meanwhile, petitioner got promoted as Headmaster and thereafter as<\/p>\n
Principal and retired from service on 31\/3\/2008.\n<\/p>\n
      2.    Before his retirement, on 14\/2\/2008, petitioner submitted<\/p>\n
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Ext.P3 request to the 3rd respondent for transfer of his PF dues that<\/p>\n
accrued during his LPSA service. It is stated that Ext.P3 was submitted<\/p>\n
through the 2nd respondent, who forwarded the same to the 3rd respondent<\/p>\n
by Ext.P4. Thereupon, he received Ext.P5 from the 3rd respondent. It is<\/p>\n
stated that on his appointment as HSA, he was admitted to GPF Account<\/p>\n
and that his PF Account as LPSA was closed in May, 1992. It is stated that<\/p>\n
since the subscriber applied for transfer of account only after one year<\/p>\n
from the date of admission to GPF, he is entitled to interest only for a<\/p>\n
period of one year. It is stated that including the amount of Rs.14,400\/-<\/p>\n
contributed by him, the total amount available for transfer was<\/p>\n
Rs.16,128\/-. It is thereupon that this writ petition has been filed.<\/p>\n
      3.     Counsel for the petitioner relying on Rule 14(4) of Chapter<\/p>\n
XXX KER and the decision of this Court in Subraya Bhat v. State of<\/p>\n
Kerala<\/a> (1999(2) KLT 362) contended that since within the one year of<\/p>\n
his admission to GPF, he had applied for transfer of his accumulation in the<\/p>\n
PF Account and as the delay in transferring the amount was not<\/p>\n
attributable to him, he is entitled to interest till the date of transfer of the<\/p>\n
accumulated amount.\n<\/p>\n
      4.     A statement has been filed the respondents. According to<\/p>\n
them, Ext.P1 was forwarded by the AEO to the DPI and at any rate has not<\/p>\n
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\n                                       :3 :<\/span><\/p>\n
been received by the PF officer concerned.          It is stated that the first<\/p>\n
communication requesting for transfer that the 3rd respondent received is<\/p>\n
Ext.P3. It is stated that since Ext.P3 request was made beyond one year<\/p>\n
period of the petitioner’s resignation or even the admission to the GPF, his<\/p>\n
entitlement for interest is confined only for a period of one year. It is<\/p>\n
therefore submitted that the legitimate amount that was due to the<\/p>\n
petitioner including the interest is only Rs.16,128\/- and that the same has<\/p>\n
already been transferred and has merged in the GPF account.<\/p>\n
       5.    The Rule that is relevant in so far as the transfer of the PF<\/p>\n
accumulation is concerned is Rule 14(4) of Chapter XXX KER. Proviso to<\/p>\n
Rule 14(4)(i) says that in cases mentioned in Clause(1) of Rule 14(4),<\/p>\n
application for closure of PF or the request for the transfer to other PF<\/p>\n
should be submitted to the departmental authorities within a period of one<\/p>\n
year from the date necessitating the closure or transfer and that while<\/p>\n
forwarding the application to the Accounts Officer (PF), the Departmental<\/p>\n
Officer shall specify the date of receipt of the application by him. Rule 14<\/p>\n
(4)(ii) says that if application for closure or transfer of balance to other PF<\/p>\n
is received by the Departmental Officer after the period of one year<\/p>\n
stipulated in Rule 14(4), interest shall be admissible only upto a period of<\/p>\n
one year from the crucial date necessitating closure of the account.<\/p>\n
WPC 23588\/08
\n                                    :4 :<\/span><\/p>\n
Therefore the application of the subscriber to the PF account who wants to<\/p>\n
get the accumulation transferred to another PF account is made to the<\/p>\n
Departmental Authority within a period of one year from the date<\/p>\n
necessitating closure or transfer.    On receipt of such application, the<\/p>\n
Departmental Officer shall forward the application to Accounts Officer (PF),<\/p>\n
specifying the date of receipt of such application by him. The Rule also<\/p>\n
provides that if the application for closure or transfer is received beyond<\/p>\n
the period of one year of the date necessitating the transfer or closure,<\/p>\n
interest shall be admissible only for a period of one year from the crucial<\/p>\n
date.\n<\/p>\n
      6.    In this case, the petitioner resigned as LPSA and appears to<\/p>\n
have joined as HSA on 8\/6\/90. As is seen from Ext.P6, he was admitted to<\/p>\n
GPF w.e.f. June 1991 with Account Number -GPF Edn.No.225230. Only on<\/p>\n
admission to GPF, could he have made an application for transfer of his<\/p>\n
accumulation to that account. Petitioner submits that Ext.P1 is the request<\/p>\n
that has been made. True, Ext.P1 does not bear any date.          But then,<\/p>\n
admittedly this has been received by the Departmental authority, viz. the<\/p>\n
2nd respondent and by Ext.P2, he has forwarded this to the DP1. Although<\/p>\n
he had the obligation to have specified the date of receipt of Ext.P1 and<\/p>\n
forward the same to Accounts Officer (PF), neither has be specified the<\/p>\n
WPC 23588\/08
\n                                     :5 :<\/span><\/p>\n
date nor has he forwarded the same to the Accounts Officer (PF), but has<\/p>\n
forwarded Ext.P2 to the DPI. Failure on the part of the 2nd respondent in<\/p>\n
complying with statutory requirements, cannot work out prejudice to the<\/p>\n
petitioner.\n<\/p>\n
       7.     Be that as it may, fact remains that Ext.P2 forwarding Ext.P1<\/p>\n
is dated 21\/8\/91. If that be so, the request made was well within the one<\/p>\n
year of the petitioner’s admission to GPF, which was only in June, 1991.<\/p>\n
Despite all this, the transfer has been effected only in 2008 and the<\/p>\n
justification of the Department is that Ext.P3 is the only request that has<\/p>\n
been received. In the statement, they have no case that Exts. P1 and P2<\/p>\n
were not received. If that be so, even if it is assumed for the sake of<\/p>\n
argument that the 2nd respondent has sent it to a wrong authority, that<\/p>\n
wrong authority had the obligation to forward it to the correct authority.<\/p>\n
Even otherwise, the mistake of the 2nd respondent cannot result in<\/p>\n
pecuniary loss to the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n
       8.     For all these reasons, I am not satisfied that the petitioner<\/p>\n
should suffer for the total inaction on the part of the Departmental<\/p>\n
authorities in processing the request of the petitioner for transferring his<\/p>\n
PF accumulation.      The further question is whether the one year limit<\/p>\n
provided in Rule 14(4)(ii) will come to the detriment of the petitioner. In<\/p>\n
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\n                                    :6 :<\/span><\/p>\n
my view it cannot and that position is seen answered by this court in<\/p>\n
Subraya Bhat v. State of Kerala<\/a> (1999 (2) KLT 362) where following<\/p>\n
the Apex Court’s judgment, it has been held that if delay has occurred on<\/p>\n
account of the fault of the departmental authorities, the liability for interest<\/p>\n
cannot be confined to the one year period specified in Rule 14(ii) of<\/p>\n
Chapter XXX KER. If that be so, the necessary conclusion is that until the<\/p>\n
amount is transferred to the GPF account of the petitioner, the petitioner is<\/p>\n
entitled to interest on Rs.14,400\/-, the balance accumulation that he had<\/p>\n
in his PF Account No.D17069\/.\n<\/p>\n
       9.    Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of directing the<\/p>\n
respondents to grant interest to the petitioner, at the rate as applicable,<\/p>\n
on the accumulated amount less interest, that was transferred to the<\/p>\n
petitioner’s GPF Account No.Edn.225230.\n<\/p>\n
       This shall be done by the respondents, as expeditiously as possible,<\/p>\n
at any rate within 6 weeks of production of a copy of this judgment.<\/p>\n
                                             ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE
\nRp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Jose K.J. vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 7 November, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 23588 of 2008(G) 1. JOSE K.J., PRINCIPAL (RETD) … Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE … Respondent 2. THE ASSISTANT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, 3. 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