I have got the circular dated 22/01/19 & the copy of Kerala Hc ruling dated 12/10/18. Both are attached. Kerala HC has up held the petitioner employees contentions 7 rejected Govts' contention. It reads like "For the foregoing reasons, the petitioners are entitled to succeed. The writ petitions are all allowed as
follows:
i) The Employee's Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014 brought into force by Notification
No. GSR. 609(E) dated 22.8.2014 evidenced by Ext.P8 in W.P.(C) No. 13120 of 2015 is set
aside;
ii) All consequential orders and proceedings issued by the Provident Fund
authorities/respondents on the basis of the impugned amendments shall also stand set aside.
W.P.(C). 13120/2015 & con.cases
iii) The various proceedings issued by the Employees Provident Fund Organization declining to grant
opportunities to the petitioners to exercise a joint option along with other employees to remit
contributions to the Employees Pension Scheme on the basis of the actual salaries drawn by them are
set aside.
iv) The employees shall be entitled to exercise the option stipulated by paragraph 26 of the EPF
Scheme without being restricted in doing so by the insistence on a date.
v) There will be no order as to costs.
Sd/-" Hence there was no reason to withdraw the circular, if we keep quiet the Govt current & future will take us for a ride.