Can an Employer Ignore KYC Update Requests from Ex-Employees with Ongoing Court Cases?

Pending labor case in the high court

A terminated employee from the past three years has a pending labor case in the high court. He called today and mentioned that he needs to update his bank details and Aadhar in the EPFO.

Employer's response to update request

Can the employer ignore this request, or should he comply? Are there any potential issues if the employer chooses to ignore it?

Document Submission and Employer Responsibility

Without documents, the employer is not bound to approve. On further communication, ask the employee to make a formal request with copies of documents. The employer cannot deny approval, but if anything wrong is seeded by the employee, then the burden would be on the heads of the employer as DSC verification is done by him. DSC verification is just like the attestation of documents by a gazetted officer who does not put a signature without documents.