WP(C) 4362/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY The affidavit filed on 20.12.2010 on behalf of the Respondent No.7, the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, North Eastern Region, Guwahati disclose th e following: 1) Out of the 65 members of the petitioner-association whose cases has been espoused in the instant proceeding those of 56 had been settled. 2) Out of the remaining 9 cases, following 4 have also now been settled. Name A/C No. Amount Sri K. Terang As/923/253 1,66,889/- Sri B. Tokbi As/923/201 2,59,056/- Sri L. Lunggum As/923/142 2,63,552/- Sri B. Rongpi As/923/171 1,18,458/- 3) Part payment has been made as hereinbelow: Name A/C No. Amount D. Engti As/923/180 84,168/- H. Engti As/923/76 36,040/- 4) From out of the 4 family members of D. Engti, (since deceased), his son Sri Jono Singh Engti has not attained majority is thus not eligible to receive his share of the PF accumulations as per para 70 of the EPF Scheme, 1952. 5) The claim of Smti. Basa Terangpi, wife of Late D. Engti has also been se ttled by releasing 1/3rd of such PF accumulation to the tune of Rs.84,168/- as a bove. 6) The claim of other two sons of Late D. Engti for their proportionate sha re of the PF accumulations would be considered, if an application in the prescri bed form is submitted by them through their natural guardian with the Respondent No.7. 7) Proportionate share of PF accumulation, vis-à-vis Late H. Engti to the t une of Rs.36,040/- as above, has been released to his widow. The remaining shar es of such accumulations would be released to the children of the deceased emplo yee on submission of separate claims by them in the prescribed form through thei r natural guardian, if they are minors. 8) The claim of Late B. Kathar has been returned as his nominee has since e xpired. The PF accumulations could not be released to his children as only 3 out of them without mentioning about the other sibling Smti. Nilima Kathar made the claim. The claim awaits settlement for want of clarification to be submitted vi s-à-vis the status of Smti. Nilima Kathar. 9) Claims in prescribed form with the Respondent No.7 have not yet been sub mitted by Sri L. Lienthang & Sri C.S. Ronghang and would be attended to no soone r the same is made as per the procedure prescribed. Mr. Roy has submitted that in cases where applications in the prescribed form ar e to be submitted those are required to be endorsed by the employer-Corporation so as to testify the identification of the claimants. He has assured that once the applications are submitted, the Respondent No.7 would make all possible ende avours to settle the claim at the earliest. Mr. Uzir, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in accordance with th e requirements spelt out hereinabove, the concerned claimants would take necessa ry steps. In view of the above, in case the claimants fulfil the formalities as noted here inabove, the Respondent No.7 would do the needful to release their entitlements in law. As the petitioners are waiting in expectation, the process needs to be completed early. For this, however they ought to take the steps required of them with necessary e xpedition. Needless to say if the claimants comply with the requirements as sp elt out hereinabove, the Respondent No.7 would ensure that their entitlements ar e released to them without delay. The Respondent No.7 to facilitate the progress of the process would extend necessary cooperation to settle the claims List again on 25.01.2011.