How Can Employees Withdraw PF When Their Company Is Under Investigation for Unethical Practices?

I have a question related to a case of PF withdrawal. Suppose a company is under authorities' scanner (not under PF) as the management did unethical work. The seniors (signing authority) of that company are absconders. Employees' details such as Aadhar number, PAN card number, and bank details are not authenticated by the employer. Now, in such a case, how can an employee withdraw his/her PF accumulation? Kindly guide as this is a real-life example.

Employee has to get his UAN activated first, then upload the KYC on UAN member portal, and visit the helpdesk of EPFO with originals where they can verify the same after getting it matched with the original.

Dear Mr. U S Sharma,

Does it mean employer authentication (digitally sign/e-verification) is not required, and the employee can get this authentication directly from EPFO?

Regards,
Rahul Sindhwani

EPFO Measures for DSC Approval

DSC approval is needed. However, as per your post, neither management nor the HR team is available to do it. Therefore, EPFO will take measures to get it done by either sending a notice to them or having it verified by the Additional Commissioner, provided that the UAN data and loaded KYC match 100%.

EPFO is committed to reducing hardship for its contributing members, which is caused by negligence on the employer's side. However, EPFO is helpless if the UAN data differs; in this case, the employer's endorsement is mandatory.