Regional PF office tightens noose around defaulters

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 23

Tightening the noose around provident fund defaulters, the Regional Provident Fund Office in Chandigarh has started taking action against defaulters who have not deposited provident fund dues with the department. As on August 22, imprisonment for 13 years and a fine of Rs 1.30 lakh in 13 prosecution cases has been pronounced by the additional session judge, Chandigarh. The department has cautioned the defaulters to immediately clear all dues.

“As a sequel to this on August 22, Gurdev Singh and Adwin Porh, enforcement officers from the Regional Office, Chandigarh, arrested Malkit Singh, proprietor of M/s Gill Contractor, who has defaulted in the payment of Rs 5 lakh as provident fund dues. Another attachment of moveable property (car) earlier was done by Gurdev Singh. Another instance saw the arrest of Dhir Singh, proprietor of M/s Secodiya Security Services, Chandigarh, and detention for a period of one year along with a fine of Rs 10,000 in each of his 13 defaults of not depositing PF dues by the additional session judge, said V Ranganath, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Chandigarh.

Further in a communiqué to the defaulters, the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner-I, having jurisdiction over Chandigarh, Mohali, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ropar, has cautioned the defaulters to immediately clear all the provident fund dues payable by them else punitive action will follow, including the arrest of the defaulters, attachment of movable and immovable properties of the defaulters, filing of prosecution cases and lodging of first information report etc.