[Resolved]  Pantaloon Retain India Limited — PF Withdrawal

Dear Sir/Madam,


I worked for Pantaloon Retail India Limited from July, 2010 to December, 2011 as a Management Trainee in B'lore and later as store HR at Visakhapatnam Central. I have been trying to withdraw my PF amount for long now. Despite several calls and mails, there is no much cooperation from PRIL. I couriered all the necessary documents to the HR (Bangalore) in December, 2012. I followed it up with several calls and mails, but nothing happened. Then they replied me saying my application was forwarded to the consultants. And in March They sent my application back saying that there is a mismatch of name in my PF account and my bank account. So I sent them the duly filled forms again, with another bank account ensuring there is no mismatch. Again, I followed up the courier with several mails and calls, but in vain. After several mails, I got a reply a week ago, saying that 'because I mentioned 'Marriage' as the reason for leaving the job, I had to provide them my Marriage Certificate'. This was not true, as I didn't mention 'marriage' as the reason. However, as we haven't got our marriage registered yet, I sent them a fresh set of forms, mentioning 'personal reasons' as the reason for my leaving the job. As usual, I followed it up again with mails. Today I was informed that I have to submit a copy of my bank passbook and a statement of my account for the last six months. We all know that salary accounts don't have passbooks. Being in HR myself, I know what are the required documents for withdrawal of PF. I really don't understand why such a big organization like Future Group is so non-cooperative to it's ex-employees. I have seen organizations completing the PF withdrawal formalities in days. I am really fed up with the ridiculous answers they are giving. Nobody in PRIL HR Dept seems to know, who is coordinating with the PF consultants and the candidates. I would like your suggestions and support here, as I am no more willing to put up with the non-competent HR system of PRIL.

Please help me to withdraw my PF amount and take some action against such organizations!

Regards,

Lavanya Priyadarshini Bantu