The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has extended the deadline to apply for higher pension from Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) to June 26,2023 from May 3, 2023. The announcement for extension for new deadline was made on Tuesday i.e., on May 2, 2023.
This is the second time that EPFO has extended the deadline to apply for higher pension from EPS. Earlier, the Supreme Court set the four months deadline from the date of judgement (November 4, 2022) which was March 3, 2023. However, the implementation of Supreme Court’s order by EPFO was delayed. It is evident from the fact that the facility to allow online application for eligible employees, who were EPF member prior to September 1, 2014 and continued to be members on or after September 2021, to apply for higher pension came out on February 20, 2023 just few days prior to 4 months SC deadline of March 3, 2023.