“Many representations have been received from pensioners/members with request to provide online facility to correct errors in their Applications for Validation of Option/Join Option to file uploads. Accordingly, in the online functionality, a button for ‘Delete Application’ has been provided to the employees. The employee after deleting application can, thereafter, if he/she so desires, file a fresh Application for Validation of Option/Joint Option with correct details/uploads,” the EPFO said in a notification on Wednesday (May 3)
The EPFO, however, said that this ‘Delete Application’ option should be used only if the employer has not acted on the Application for Validation of Option/Joint Option submitted by the employee.
“Where employer has already acted on the Application for Validation of Option/Joing Option, the employee won’t be able to use the Delete Button. However, even in such cases, employee wil be provided opportunity to rectify errors after the scrutiny of Application for Validation of Option/Joint Option by the Filed Offices as per the HO circular dated 23/04/2023 (Sr. No. 18 of 2023-24),” the EPFO said.
