Vasarla Dhananjaya Rao, S/o v. Suranna Aged about

-['umulurtt Naga Srinivas, S/o-Subrahmanyam, Agcd about 64 years, R/o- Uppal, I{yderabad-50003('. Nishtala Sorna Sastri, S/o N Srirama Murti Aged about 63 ycars, R/o Kapra, I{yderabad-500062 Ba<lc Prabhakar Rao, S/o. B Prahalad Rao, Agctl about 62 1'ears. R/o.Llabsiguda, Hyderabad--50') X)7 Raghoba I(ao Nambigari Vithat, S/o' N Vittal Rao' ,a.gid about 64 y'ears, R/o'Boduppal, Hyderabad-50()( l2' Pyaraka Madhukar, S/o.P. Krishnama Chary' Aged about 64 ycars, R/o Kapra, Secunderabad-5Of)t) r2' llari Prasad Meka, S/o.Lakshlninarayana, Agcd about 63 vears, R/o Dr' AS Rao Nagar' [[ydc:rr rtd-62 Mootakoduru Anjana Chary, S/o'Mootakoduru Narsz ah' Aged abotrt 62 years, R/o.Boduppat, Hyderabad-5 [)( t{ 92' Anumula Yaclava lleddy, S/o A Sathi Reddy' Agcd about 6l ,'ears, R/o Dr- AS Rao Nagar'llydi:ta lrd i00062 Raziuddin MD, S/o' Mohammed Hakeem Uddin' Aged abotrt 66 1'ears, R/o Bahadurpura, Hyderabacl-: J0064' lt. Saradzunba. Wo- R. Raja ReddY, Agcd abotrt 67 ycars, R./o. Mouta-Ali, I{yde rabad- 5 J )t)40. R. Venkatcswara Rao, S/o-Srce Rama Chandra Mtttt Lv' Aged about (16 ycars, R/o-Fathenagar, Hyderahad-5 ) )0I8

26. N::Radha llani. D/o- N. l{anga Rao, Agit about 66 years, R/o G.K.Nagar, Hyderabad- 5 J )062 .d"r=;,-;eq+;,.. . - . a'y { 4t 27 ]Q 29 l0 3l 3). )) 34

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9. 0 4t M. Sharada, Wo. M. Ilhaskar Itao Aged about 66 years, R/o. Ameerper, I{yderabad_5000 l6 l]. Rrrnachirndra Rao. S./o. B. Venkltapp:rnlt Aged about 65 i,ears, [l/o.Nagararn. I ly<ierahad_5000g3. C B IIorna r\,1alrni, D/o.Cl.l,_tlhirrtra-j. Agcd aboLrt 6.i 1.cars, R/o. Malkzqqiri, t tr derubad_500047, Kolli Llalaji I)Lrrga Prasad. S/o.Kolti Kesa,ua llao Agod about 6l years, IVo. AS Rao nagar. t tyderabad_62. K.Manikyarnba, Wo. K._Sree Rama Sanua. Aged about 6.1 _ycars, R/o. Moula-Ali, I{yderahatl- 5 000.10_ Sathiraju K.V.V.. S/o. K. Satyanandarn, Agcd about 63 1,ears, R/o. Kapra. I lydcrabacl_62 Mupprdi Purna Chandra l)rakash. Sio M.l). llirarn Rajtr Agcd about 63 ye ars, R/o.Malka-jgiri, I Iyderabad_500-04 7. K.N.S. S-Sita Ramarn, Wo.Kuchimanchi Sundar Kumar. Aged about 62 years, R/o.'farnaka, Secundcrabad_5000 t.7. Dcvarapalli Padrnaval.hi. W/o.Tunga Sai Kurn.rr. Aged ahout 6J 1ears. Utr.Kukarpalli. I lyticrrrharJ_50007J. Alluri Shobha Rani, Wo A. VenkatcshwarlLr [lecldy, Aged about 63 years, R/o. Moula-Ali, Hyderabad_i000.t0. llluri James, S/o.ltluri Abraham, Aged about 6l years, fuo.lloduppal, I lydcrabad_500092_ Naga Hanumanth Rao Tadikonda, S/o. Narasimha Rao, Aged about 60 years, R/o.Malkajgiri, I{ydcrabad-500047. -f. Y.N. Vijaya Kumar, S/o.yadagiri Narasimha Aged about 63 years, R/o.Gachibowti, I{yderabad_50003 2. Vasarla Dhananjaya Rao, S/o V. Suranna Aged about 63 years, R/o.Mahesh Nagaq [{yderabad_62. Naltaudhigal Srecnivasa Charyulu, S/o. N. Raghunatha Chary, Aged about 62 years, R/o.Shank Colony, Kapr-a, Hydcrabad_62 #,-ffi -tl @ 42 A.V,Lakshrni, W/o. A. Bhaskara Sastry, Agcd about 67 years, R/o.Maple Flomes, flyderabad-( / P. Ashok Kurnar, S/o. P. Sree Ramulu, Agcd ahout 66 years. R/o.Asifhagar, Hydcrabad-500 ) lll M.M K,N'ltrrth1, S/o.M V.R.Sastry Aged abotrt 64 years, It/o.South Kamala Nagar, Hyd: abacl-62 Vcngala l'rahhakar, S/o. V. Narsing Rao, Agcii about 65 years, R/o.Domalguda, Ilyderabad-:i0( 029. llajarapu Raieswari, Wo- R.subrahmanya Vara Pras I 1' ngc.t ub,,,,t 62 ycars, R/o. AS Rao Nagar, flydcraba'l 500062 K. Sai l.akshmi. Wio. K- Sudhakar, Agcd abotrt 6l years, tVo Malka.igiri, Hyderabad--50 ) )'17' Ci. Madhtr ManikYa Subbalakshmi, W/o. G. Vcnkateslvara VaraPrasad Aged abotrt 6l -r'ears, R./o.Srinagar Colony, Kapra, I I dcrahad 62 Srirama Prasad Varma Dantuluri S/o. Appala Narasimha Raju, aged about 6 I years' IUo. Flss'ari puri Colony,Secunderabad-94' I inrani Scslta Sai. S/o. E Radha Krishna Mtrrthy Agcd ahorrt 64 ycars, R-/o Sainath Purarn, Hydcraba'l 62- [)rqragtrntla Vijaya Lakshmi, Wo. Dupaguntla Siva ] 'trrnar Aged abotrt 61 ycars, R/o Vidya Nagar' Flyderabad- 00044 Visrvesrvar l'utcha, S/o.P-l-.N. Murthy, AgetJ about 60 yoars, R/o Saroornagar, tlyderabad- i 0035' Satyavarapu Surya Clrandra Nageswara Rao S/o.S. Subba Rao, aged about 61 years, It/o. RK Housing Colony,Hyderabad-62' V, Kalahastri, Sio. V. Chiranjivi Murlhy, Agctl aboul 6-5 vears, R/o.Sanath Nagar, Hyderabat:- i000 I 8- Vaddi ilapuji. Sio- V. Adinarayana, Aged aboirt 65 1cars, R/o.Yellareddyguda, I{1'dcrat'r d-500 I03 +'t 44 )1+

46. 41 49 50: f _52 5l 54 55 f,."ilainachandra Ralu D-V-, S/o. D. Ranga Raiu, . Aged about 64 -vears, R/o Sriram nagar ctrlony. t{ydcrrbacl-62- Majrd Mohammed RaLr[. S/o.lsmail Abdul Majid, Agcd aborrt 64 1'cars, Rio.l)efi:ncc Colon1,. Secundera bad-94. Buddhara.ju Rarnabhadrl ILaju, S,o. I). [{arnamLrrth_r' I{rLiir. Aged about 60 1 oars, [i(r. I(2p12. Sccundcratrad- 500062. Nalli Ratua Sagar, S/o. N. Vccraslvamy, Agcd about 65 y'cars, [dio. f]havani Nagar. Ilyderabad-62 Syed Ahrneduddin Quadri, S/o. Syed Ameeruddin Quadri. Agcd about 64 years, RJo Tolichou,ki, t tydera bad- 500008. Voruganti Ravindra, Sio. V. Krishna Murthr Aged abcrut 62 years,lVo. t-f] Nagar, Hyderabad-500068 Wulyuru Narasirna Rao. S/o. W.Sri [,ak-shnrana Rao. Aged about 6l years, [Vo.Saket Coloqy, I ll,derabad-62 Pasurnartl flala Krishna Prasad, S/o.P.L.N.G.K. Shanna. Aged about 6l years, R/o. Vanasthalipuram, I{yderabatl-7S_ Vikarn Ramaiah, S/o. V, Venkatappaiah, Aged about 62 ycars, R/o. Ramdas Nagar, t ty..de rabad-62 'l-lruchanpalli Sadasivan Divakar, S/o. 1'. Sadasivan Pillai Aged about 62 years, R/o. Kapra, ECll . Posr. I lydcrabad- 500062_ Mantri Balaiah, Sio. M. Mysaiah, Agcd about 6l ycars, R/o Boduppal, t{yderabad-5 00092 Venkata Chary Kaspa, S/o,K. Govardtrana Chary Aged about 6l years, R/o. Moula-Ali, l{ydcrabad-500040 A. Subhash, S/o. A. Lokappa, Agcd about 6 [ years, R/o. L B Nagar, I [yderabad-500068 Thamirc Narasimha Ramcsh, S/o.Guru Murthy Thamire, Agcd about 63 years, R/o, 'l'amaka, I lyderabad- 500017. Valanrdas Muthaiah, S/o V. Vceraiah, Agcd about 6 [ ycars, R/o Boduppal, I lydcrabad--500092 8 59 60 6I 62 6l 64 65 66 61 68 69 70 43 "*#sii :ere .t .-'' {,- :f

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17. r8 19 80 8l ti2 u3 RagrVivekan,rnd a Chary,, S/o. Ragi Ramabrahr r un. Arcd about 63 1,ears, R/o.lloduppal, I{yderaba J 500092 Alap:rti Vcnkatu Siva I'trshpa Nagavalli, W,o A,V.Sudhukara Rao, aged about 63 year:r R/o. Ncta.ji Narlr, Kapra, fl ydcrabad- 5000(12.. S. Sulathalani. Wo S. Srinivasa Rao, Aged about (r2 ycars, R/o-South Kamala Nagar I Ivdcrabad-i00062. NIar idi Venkata Ratta-rya, S/o. NI. Sathyanaran a ra Agcd about 6.+ _\'cars, R/o.Gandhi Nagar, IIrLlcrirbad 50tX)80- Sy,cd Abtras. Si o. Syerl Zainulabideen, Agcd about 6l -vears, R/o.Tolichowki, Hydera[,; d-500008 Kankarn Sr e e nivasa Murthy, S/o. K. Visluru \'lr rthv: Aged about (r0 1oars, R-/o-Ncrv Nallakunta. I If' I :r-abad--j 0(-l()1+ K. Sarathbabu. S/o,K. Madhava Rao, Agcd about 65 years, R/o, Chandanagar, Hvdcrabad 500050. (lllrndr:rn (iancsan, S/o. R,M.Ganesan Aged uhoLrt (rI 1cars. Il/o. Secunderabad ['olhLrriKiran Kumar. S/o P. Rarnaiah, Agcd about (r0 1,ears, R/o.Bo<iuppal, Hyderaba J -s00{)92 Dhara l'ochaiair, S/o. D. Ashaiah, Agcd about (r4 years,R/o Quthubullapur, Hydc.r bad--5000-55 S. Sanieeva Raju, S/o. S- Narayana Raju, Asc(l at)orit 6{ 1'ears, R/o. Ilyderabad. Verrapitllv ShvarnSundar [tao, S/o- V. Ram C]lt r Lder llacl Age d about 6l 1,ears, IUo. Nagole, I{yderabacl. Muralidharan C T, S/o.'f. Karunakaran, A-crd about 60 1'ears, R/o.South KamalaNagar. lyderabad-62 ,-t T

84.B V V S V G [\,4urali Krishna, S/o. B. Padma Raju, Aged about 61 years, R/o lValkajgiri, Hyderabad-500047.

85.K. Jagadeshwara Chary, S/o. K Sathiah, Aged about 63 years, R/o. Vijayapuri Colony, Secunderabad-1 7. ...PETITIONERS AND 1 Union of lndia, I\,4inistry of Labour, Rep. by its Secretary, Shram Shakti bhavan, Rafi l\,4arg, New Delhi-1 10001 . 2 Employees Provident Fund Organization, Ir,4inistry of Labour and Employment, Government of lndia, BhavishyaNidhiBhawan, 14, BhikaijiCama Place, New Delhi - 110 066. Rep., by its Central Provident Fund Commissioner.

3. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Employees Provident Fund Organization, I\,4inistry of Labour and Employment, Regional Office, Peenya lnd ustrial Estates, Bangalore. 4 Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (Deleted), Employees Provident Fund Organization, Barkatpura, Hyderabad. (R4 is deleted from the array of respondents as per C.O. dI. 15.12.2025 in t.A.No.2/2025)

5. Bharat Electronics Limited, lE, Nacharam, Hyderabad 500076 Rep. by its General firlanager and Unit Head.

6. Bharat Electronics Limited, Corporate Office, Outer Ring Road, Nagavara, Bangalore -560045 Rep. by its Chairman and lVlanaging Director. Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ. ...RESPONDENTS i) ii) Declare the final order dated.3O.O1 .2025 and circular instructrons issued by the EPFO, dated.'1 8.01.2025 are illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the Hon'ble Supreme Court judgment in "Employees Provident Fund Organization and another Vs. B. Sunil Kumar and others" and set-aside the same, and Declare that the petitioners are eligible for higher pensron as per Para I 1(3) and 1 I (4) of the EPS Scheme, 'l 995 and judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in "Employees Provident Fund Organization and another Vs. B. Sunil Kumar and others" without reference to '1 1(b) of the Trust Rules, and E t E! I : i i $ iii) Consequently, direct the Respondents to releasr: the higher pension on last drawn pay of the Petitioners as per Par';r 1 1(3) and 1 '1(4) of the th€) EPS Scheme, 1995, 26(6) of the Employee:; Provident Fund and l\,4iscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 from the dil e of retirement of the Petitioners alo ng with interest. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Sectron 151 CPC praying that in the in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High (ll suspend the final order dated 30.O1 .2025 and extend the pension on the last drawn pay of the Petitioners as per f) the EPS Scheme, 1995, 26(6) of the Employees Miscellaneous Provisions Act. 1 952 from the date of retire r pending disposal of the writ petition. circumsta nces stated rrt may be pleased tc release of the highet rra 11(3) and 11(4) or Prov dent Fund anc rent of the Peiitioners Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI G.VIDYA SAGAR, Sr. CO]J !SEL, REP. SRI SAI PRASEN GUNDAVAII \M Counsel for the Respondent No.1: SRI N.BHUJANGA Rl,( ), DEPUTY SOLICITOR I EruTRNI- OF INDIA Counselfor the Respondent No.2 * ,' 3E'.%Il=ffitEs,l IWARLU' Counsel for the Respondent No.5 & 6: Ms. V.UMA DEVI The Court made the following: ORDER I .t r:l +lt _fr IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No.17184'o f 2025 L5.12.2o2s Between: P.Prabhakara Sastrv and g4 others ...Petitioners AND Union of India, Ministry of Labour, Represented by its Secretary, Shram Shakti Bhavan, Raft Marg, New, Delhi & 5 others ORDER: ... Respondents The Writ petition is hled seeking a writ, partrcularly in the nature of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ to: i) declare the EpF.O ordcr dated 30.O 1.2025 and circular dated 1g.01.2O25 as illegal and set aside the same. ii) declare thc petitioners, eligibility for higher pension under Paras 1 1(3) & 1 1(a) of rhe EpS Scheme, 1995, in line with the Supreme Court judgment in EpFO us B. Sunil Kumar. iii) direct the Respondents to release the higher pension from the date of retirement with interest and pass any other order deemed fit. I 2

2. Hezrrd Sri (i.Vidya Sagar, Iearned Senior Cc't l; sel appeanng for the petitioners iirtci Sri G.Ver1kateshu'ariu, Learned !lr: nding Counse I for EPFO, for respcnclent Nos.2 and 3. Perused the reco t

3. When thc malter is taken up for hearing, lcar - rd Scnior Counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that lhe iss -t : raiscd in this Writ Petition is squarcll' covered bv the Common orde 1 dated 02.09.2025 passed before thc Madurai Bcnch of Madr,r; High Court in W.P.(MD). Nos.29573 to 29578 ol 2024 and \\r \ P(MD). No s.24966, 24967, 21957, 24958, 24968, 24970, 24965. 2496. 24984,24963 'and 24964 of 2021 ard 4067 of 2025 ancl thc relevanL rortion of the said order reads as iblLoq's: " iO. The t{ctn'ble Supreme Court in a. jucLgment rep: 12 SCC 7O1, (Emplogees Prouid.ent Fund. Org.t , another Vs.Sunil Kunr.c;r B and. others) tua.s t. aside the pclgrrtent of the High Courts and uphe,!l.; the notiJication dated 22.08.2014. AJter readin.t, prouisions of tl-te scheme, the Hon'ble Supreme t) pleased Id issue uarlous directions in Paragrat I 50.11, in tlrc saicl Ttdgment." ted in (2023) isation q.nd 'eased to set he ualiditg of Toun ceftain urt tuas also Nos.50.2 to The Operativc portion of the said order reads i : follows "43. In uieLu of the aboue saidtdeliberati<tns, this (i tt is inclined to pass th,- follouting orders:- a) The orders impugned in the urit petitions are : "'t aside. Ang Joint optbn apptication prisentecl on. or before 31 1.2025, shalt be accepted by the respondents; and 3 b) On remittance of the dilferenthl contrlbution amount to the pension scheme, to the Emplogees Prouident Fund Organisation, bg the emplogees, alon.g tuith appl.icable interest, Ltigher pension shalL be dlsbursed to tlrcm from the succeeding month of their renittctrtce . 44. Accorditglg, these Wit Pettttons stontl allouted to the :rtent as stated cLboue. No costs."

4. He lurther rclied upon the.Iudgment dated 14.11.2025 passed by thc High Court of Calcutta in WPA No. 15459 of 2025 and batch, w.hich lr'as allorved. Thc re levant porlion ol the said judgmen[ reads as follows:

193. The Claification n its (EPFO) order dated 18.01-2025, relating to exempted Establishment relging on the judgment in Sunil Kumar B. (Supra) is totatlg against the directions of the Supreme Cour7."

5. Accordingly, in terms of the Common order .dated 02.09 .2025 passed before the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court in W.P..(MD).Nos.29573 to 29578 of 2024 and batch and in light of the Judgment dated 14.11.2025 passed by the High Court of Calcutta in WPA No.15459 of 2025 and batch, and for the reasons alike, this writ petition is allowed. No costs. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. I To, 1 //TRUE COPY// MOMIN A MEHAR NT REGi S ON OFFICER n, Rafi Marg' New The SecretarY' Ministry of Labour, Delhi, Union of lndia-1 f0001 Shram Shakti bhav \r

2. The Central Provident Fund Commissioner, EmPloyees Provident Fund Gove rnment of lndia, Delhi - 110 066 organization, MinistrY of Labour and Em Bha vishyaNidhiBhawan' 1 4, Bhikaijicama P olovment, t'ac6, New

3. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Emp,r Organization, Ministry of Labour and Employment, fl,r lndustrial Eslates, Bangalore

4. The General lvlanager and Unit Head, Bharat f:: Nacharam, Hyderabad 50007.

5. The Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Electnl r Office, Outer Ring Road, Nagavara, Bangalore -560041 . 6. One CC to SRI SAI PRASEN GUNDAVARAM, Advoca t 7. One CC to tt4s. V.UMA DEVI, Advocate [OPUC] 8, One CC to SRI G,VENKATESHWARLU, SC FOR EP= - 9, One CC toSRI N,BHUJANGA RAO, DEPUTY SOLI: lNDIA, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hydetat ees Provident Fund ional Office, Peenya lronics Limited, lE, ;s Limrted, Corporate IoPUC] loPUCl TOR GENERAL OF rd [OPUC]

10.Two CD Copies BSR BS HIGH COURT DATED: 1511212025 ORDER t t-I :,TAT c I I o o t 1r.i; l$!' l,) :r" WP.No.17184 oI 2025 * - - ,.-r( ALLOWING THE WRIT PETITION, WITHOUT COSTS iL