Para 7.02 — GPF_MANUAL

(CAG’s office circular letter No.1254-Audit/14 a-66 dated 10.10.1966) 7.02 On the question whether it would be in order for a Government to permit a subscriber to withdraw his entire accumulation in the GPF account before he actually proceeds on LPR or actually retires, by resort to Rule 37 of BGPF (C.S.) Rules, the Government of India decided that in so far as the payment of the PF to a subscriber in such acase is contrary to Section 2

(a) of the P.F. Act, 1925, it can not be done by Government purporting to act under rule 37. Only such relaxation to rules can made by Government acting under rule 37, as would not be contrary to the provisions of the Act.