Confused About Interest Loss in PF Transfer? How to Resolve the EPFO and Trust Dispute

Hi, I transferred my PF from TATA PF trust to EPFO after switching my job. There is an interest loss of 2 months in this case. Tata says they made a cheque on 14 September 2017, so interest from September onwards will be paid by EPFO. However, EPFO says that they received the cheque in October 2017 and will provide interest from November 2017 onwards.

I raised this issue on EPFGIMS - SROVS/E/2019/01598 and PGPORTAL - MOLBR/E/2019/07977, but I received the same reply stating that since the cheque was received in Oct '17, nothing can be done. As of now, nothing has been addressed.

Please suggest how I can get this interest.

EPFO cannot be held responsible for days prior to receiving your transfer amount in their domain. The exempt establishment, i.e., TATA PF Trust, should have complied with the interest obligations until the date of the actual transfer.