EPF claim settlement: In certain cases, physical claims can be settled without seeding Aadhaar. Details here

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aadhaar got deactivated earlier, and he is not alive any more to make amends? In such cases, and many more, where an EPF account holder’s UAN details could not be seeded to aadhaar and the subscriber is now deceased, the only resort is to carry out the physical settlement of EPF claim after due verification. EPF has released a circular detailing the settlement of physical claims in death cases. The numerous cases mentioned by the EPFO include the following: A.

Where incorrect member details are given in aadhaar .
B. Unavailability of aadhaar in respect of pre-aadhaar death cases
C. Aadhaar got deactivated, or there is a technical error in validating aadhaar from UIDAI database, etc.

ALSO READ | Employment situation improving? EPFO net subscribers’ addition grows to 1.65 crore in fiscal 24 In these cases, physical claims could not be processed by the field offices which lead to avoidable delay in the timely release of funds to beneficiaries. Since aadhaar details can’t be corrected after the member’s death, EPFO has decided to allow the processing of physical claims without seeding aadhaar, but only as a ‘temporary measure’. However, this can be done only with the due approval of the officer in charge in an e-file duly recording the details of verification that was carried out to confirm the deceased's membership and genuineness.