Nominee for PF

The employer is discharged of his liability by paying the amount to Nominee.  It is the wife's turn to bring such injunction or file a case for partition.

It is the responsibility of Employer to pass on the terminal benefits on the occasion of death of Employee, as per the recorded wishes (before his death) in the form of Nomination.  Employer shall be discharged if as per the rules the terminal benefits are disbursed to the people/legal heirs named in the nomination for PF/Gratuity and other such amounts if any.

Mere fact of a marriage being recorded in the records of Employer does not automatically confer any right to the spouse when there is a nomination and the nominee is claiming the amount.

The PF amount belongs to all the legal heirs of the deceased employee; the employer only entrusts the funds to the nominee and it is the latter responsibility to discharge his duty as the true trustee.

However, please examine whether the etant norms provide for cancellation of the nomination in the eventuality of the employee acquiring a family.

1. Nominee shall get 100% balance/ accured dues of PF.

2. Since the deceased employee got married just one month before his death, which is un-recorded in his service book, his widow can stake a claim and share PF, after filing objection with Commissioner PF and succession in District Court.