Foe defaulting on payment of provident fund (PF) dues, a Delhi-based construction company faced the wrath of recovery department of provident fund.  The provident fund department on Thursday attached the office of Deewan Chand Builders Pvt Ltd in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash locality along with a Mercedes Benz car and a Maruti Suzuki car.

The provident fund department also took a cheque of Rs 2.05 crore from the construction company towards the pending dues.

Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (RPFC) 2 (Central Delhi) Kumar Punit said that the department has taken a serious note and made all efforts to recover the dues from the PF defaulters.

The 3-member recovery team was led by Punit and included Enforcement Officers Rajesh Kumar Jain and Yograj Bharat while a team of police was led by Inspector Ved Prakash Kaushik of Chitranjan Park police station.

“In our ongoing recovery drive, we have attached the office premises of Deewan Chand Builders at S-11 basement of Greater Kailash 2 in south Delhi. A Mercedes Benz and a Maruti Suzuki car were also attached at the company director’s residence in the same locality. The action was taken after Vikram Kumar (Company’s director) failed to pay the dues,” Regional PF Commissioner 2 Kumar Punit said.

Under 7A of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 that determines the moneys due from employers, the company had to pay Rs 2,05,38,982 to the provident fund department. After failing to pay the dues on time, the recovery wing got the charge to recover the money on April 1. Officers on duty also confirmed that no one was arrested in this case.