I worked in a company “A” (Un-Exempted) during the years 1998-2001 in Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore) where my EPF and EPS were contributed. Later, I joined a Gurgaon-based company “B” (Exempted PF Trust) where my EPF portion was handled by that company's PF trust, and the EPS portion was contributed to EPFO Gurgaon. I applied for a transfer from the Coimbatore PF account to the Gurgaon PF Trust account, and the EPF amount got transferred to the PF Trust by submitting Form 13. At that time, I was not keen to verify whether the EPS service history was transferred to the Gurgaon EPS account.
Later, while raising a grievance with EPFO Gurgaon, I came to understand that my previous EPS service history was not received and not updated. They advised me to approach the previous EPFO (Coimbatore) to get the Annexure-K copy. Upon verification of the Annexure-K copy particulars, it was found that the transfer of EPF happened to Gurgaon EPF (EPF Trust), and the transfer record of the EPS service history also showed as the EPF Trust number instead of the valid Gurgaon EPS number. This could be due to the mistake of not mentioning the proper EPS number while submitting Form 13.
Now, Gurgaon EPFO is saying the past EPS service history was not received, and Coimbatore EPFO is saying it was just transferred along with EPF. These transactions were done via offline mode before the UAN concept (i.e., before 2014). Under this situation, am I eligible to apply for one more transfer via Form 13 (only for EPS service history transfer from Coimbatore EPFO of my previous company “A”) to another present company “C” (Un-Exempted) EPF/EPS account which is mapped in UAN? Or can I apply for a Scheme Certificate for my past service from Coimbatore EPFO? Please suggest possible ways to recover and update the missed EPS service history.
Later, while raising a grievance with EPFO Gurgaon, I came to understand that my previous EPS service history was not received and not updated. They advised me to approach the previous EPFO (Coimbatore) to get the Annexure-K copy. Upon verification of the Annexure-K copy particulars, it was found that the transfer of EPF happened to Gurgaon EPF (EPF Trust), and the transfer record of the EPS service history also showed as the EPF Trust number instead of the valid Gurgaon EPS number. This could be due to the mistake of not mentioning the proper EPS number while submitting Form 13.
Now, Gurgaon EPFO is saying the past EPS service history was not received, and Coimbatore EPFO is saying it was just transferred along with EPF. These transactions were done via offline mode before the UAN concept (i.e., before 2014). Under this situation, am I eligible to apply for one more transfer via Form 13 (only for EPS service history transfer from Coimbatore EPFO of my previous company “A”) to another present company “C” (Un-Exempted) EPF/EPS account which is mapped in UAN? Or can I apply for a Scheme Certificate for my past service from Coimbatore EPFO? Please suggest possible ways to recover and update the missed EPS service history.