Whether to Approve KYC in EPFO - Pending labor case in the high court of a terminated employee from the past 3 years

Pending labor case in the high court of a terminated employee from the past 3 years. He called and said today that he needs to update his bank details and Aadhar in EPFO. Can the employer ignore this request, or should he comply? Are there any potential issues if the employer chooses to ignore it?

Employers can ask for a request letter along with copies of documents, self-attested before approving the same with DSC.

He is not providing the self-attested copies. What should I do, sir?

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.