Central Government hereby authorises the following 186 additional branches of Allahabad Bank to receive, with immediate effect, subscriptions under the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968 - F. 7/9/2008-NS.II (Vol. II) - Income Tax

Central Government hereby authorises the following 186 additional branches of Allahabad Bank to receive, with immediate effect, subscriptions under the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968 Notification Dated 17-10-2012 In pursuance of clause (b) of paragraph 2 of the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968 published under the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affair's notification number G.S.R. 1136, dated the 15th June, 1968 , the Central Government hereby authorises the following 186 additional branches of Allahabad Bank to receive, with immediate effect, subscriptions under the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968 :- TABLE Sl. No. BSR Code Branch Name Branch Address 1 Branch Address 2 Branch Address 3 1 0210002 PATNA UNIVERSITY GANESH ROAD ASHOK RAJPATH PATNA UNIVERSITY BIHAR 2 0210009 JAMALPUR (BIHAR) MONGER ROAD JAMALPUR DISTRICT-MONGER, BIHAR 3 0210010 BHAGALPUR CHANDRALOK COMPLEX GHANTAGHAR BIHAR 4 0210011 BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BHAGALPUR BIHAR 5 0210012 MADHUPUR BIHAR RAMCHANDRA BAZAR MADHUPUR DISTT. DEOGARH, JHARKHAND 6 0210013 JASIDIH JASIDIH DISTT. DEOGHAR JHARKHAND 7 0210022 ALIPORE 1/A, RONALDSHAY ROAD KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 8 0210031 CALCUTTA MAIN 14, INDIA EXCHANGE PLACE KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 9 0210034 JODHPUR PARK 505, JODHPUR PARK KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 10 0210039 NORTH BARRACKPORE ICHAPUR KANTHADHAR, NAWABGANJ WEST BENGAL 11 0210040 KHARDAH B.T.ROAD, P.O.KHARDAH WEST BENGAL 12 0210042 DEULPARA ANANDA BAZAR P.O.NAIHATI WEST BENGAL 13 0210055 SILIGURI RAJANI BAGAN, HILL CART ROAD SILIGURI DISTRICT DARJEELING WEST BENGAL 14 0210058 CUTTACK NAYA SARAK CUTTACK- 753 002 ORISSA 15 0210062 LUCKNOW HAZARATGANJ HAZARATGANJ LUCKNOW UTTAR PRADESH 16 0210102 DEORIA MALVIYA ROAD DEORIA UTTAR PRADESH 17 0210132 MATHURA TILAK DWAR MATHURA UTTAR PRADESH 18 0210133 ALIGARH UMRAO BHAWAN RAILWAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 32 ALIGARH, U.P. 19 0210163 PARLIAMENT STREET 17, PARLIAMENT STREET NEW DELHI DELHI-110 001 20 0210166 AMRITSAR KATRA AHLUWALIA AMRITSAR PUNJAB 21 0210171 JULLUNDUR CIVIL LINES G. T. ROAD, OPPSITE NEHRU GARDEN JALANDHAR -144 001 22 0210172 LUDHIANA CLOCK TOWER 5, ATTAR SINGH STREET, NEAR CLOCK TOWER LUDHIANA 23 0210173 AMBALA CANTONMENT NICHOLSON ROAD PORKHARDAS CHACHRA SONS BUILDING HARYANA 24 0210176 CHANDIGARH 17B SECTOR 17B, BANK SQUARE, POST BOX NO. 21, CHANDIGARH 25 0210177 JAIPUR Ml ROAD JAIPURIA MANSION PANCHBATTI M.I. ROAD JAIPUR-302 001, 26 0210182 FORT 37, MUMBAI SAMACHAR MARG ALLAHABAD HOUSE MAHARASHTRA 27 0210192 CIVIL LINES NAGPUR PALM ROAD CIVIL LINES POST BOX NO. 14, NAGPUR - 440 001. 28 0210197 BHOPAL ARERA COLONY E-1/74 ARERA COLONY BHOPAL MADHYA PRADESH 29 0210198 JABALPUR CIVIL LINES RESIDENCY ROAD CIVIL LINES JABALPUR 30 0210201 INDORE NEW PALASIA P.O. INDORE MADHYA PRADESH 31 0210203 SATNA JAI STAMBH CHOWK DISTT. SATNA MADHYA PRADESH 32 0210209 DURG NAHAR COMPLEX DURG DURG 33 0210211 RAIPUR MAIN AMRIT SANDESH COMPLEX G.E.ROAD RAIPUR - 492 001 34 0210213 HYDERABAD 5-1-680.T.K. HOUSE POST BOX-166, BANK STREET HYDERABAD - 500 001 35 0210217 K.G. ROAD BANGALORE 2 FICCI BLDG. POST BOX NO. 9914 2, KEMPE GOWDA ROAD, KARNATAKA 36 0210218 MOUNT ROAD CHENNAI 41.ANNASALAI CHENNAI TAMIL NADU 37 0210219 ERNAKULAM M G ROAD ERNAKULAM KERALA 38 0210260 GWALIOR SANATAN DHARAM MANDIR MARG MADHYA PRADESH PIN - 474 001 39 0210275 JODHPUR 92 RESIDENCY ROAD, JODHPUR RAJASTHAN 40 0210281 UDAIPUR MAIN 3, BAPU BAZAR UDAIPUR RAJASTHAN 41 0210293 PATIALA 7, CHHOTI BARADARI THE MALL PATIALA -147 001 42 0210299 SECUNDERABAD MINERVA COMPLEX, S D ROAD 115, PARK LANE SECUNDERABAD - 500 003 43 0210302 KHAR SMRITI PLOT 383 A 13TH ROAD, KHAN MAHARASHTRA-400 052 44 0210311 BILASPUR IDGAH CHOWK BILASPUR CHHATTISGARH 45 0210320 ASHRAM ROAD AHMEDABAD ASHRAM ROAD.BHAGWATI CHAMBERS, OPP.GUJARAT VIDYAPITH, P.O.NAVJIVAN GUJARAT 46 0210328 BIKANER K.E.M. ROAD BIKANER RAJASTHAN 47 0210350 BARODA SHANTI BHAWAN GIRIDHAR CHAMBER, 1ST FLOOR, OPPO. HATHIPOLE, RAJMAHAL ROAD 48 0210352 JAMSHEDPUR R. ROAD, BISTUPUR DISTRICT EASTINGBHUM, JHARKHAND 49 0210356 REWA CIVIL LINES BOPA BAGH ROAD REWA, CIVIL LINES MADHYA PRADESH 50 0210361 BIRATI 505. M.B. ROAD BIRATI WEST BENGAL 51 0210366 VIDISHA HOSPITAL ROAD MADHYA PRADESH PIN-464 001 52 0210369 CHANDIGARH M.M. S. C. O. NO. 90-91-92 SECTOR -8C CHANDIGARH 53 0210373 SHILLONG SLONG HOUSE (1ST FLOOR) ROAD.DISTT.-EAST KHASI HILL BARA BAZAR, MEGHALAYA 54 0210374 MADURAI MAIN 43 A, SOUTH MASI STREET MADURAI TAMIL-NADU 55 0210377 GANDHINAGAR 195-196, C.H.H. ROAD, GANDHINAGAR GUJARAT - 382 021. 56 0210384 COIMBATORE N0.98.MECRICAR ROAD.R.S.PURAM COIMBATORE TAMIL-NADU 57 0210388 ROURKELA DAILY MARKET MAIN ROAD ROURKELA 58 0210389 SURI DESHBANDHU CHITTARANJAN DAS ROAD P.O. SURI, WEST BENGAL PIN-731 101 59 0210391 VIJAYWADA ALI BAIG STREET GOVERNOPET VIJAYAEADA, ANDHRA PRADESH 60 0210401 BERHAMPORE 315 NETAJI ROAD PO KHAAGRA MURSHIDABAD, WEST BENGAL 61 0210415 VISAKPATNAM 30-15-171 DABA SPACE GARDENS NEAR SARSWATI PARK VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH 62 0210423 DUM DUM 499. JESSORE ROAD KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 63 0210438 BARASAT 20/1.K.B.BOSE ROAD BARASAT WEST BENGAL 64 0210450 TRIVANDRUM POWER HOUSE ROAD THIRUVANANTH APURAM KERALA 65 0210452 BHILAI NEW KHURSIPUR NEW KHURSIPUR MARKET DISTT. DURG, BHILAI 66 0210461 SILCHAR DEBENDRA SAILO BHAWAN PREMTOLA ROAD, SILCHAR DISTT. CACHAR 67 0210462 TEZPUR NORTH TRUNK ROAD TEZPUR DISTT. SONITPUR 68 0210463 TINSUKIA THANA ROAD TINSUKIA ASSAM 69 0210464 DHUBRI P.O. DHUBRI DISTT. DHUBRI ASSAM-783301 70 0210472 AMBALA CITY JAGADHARI GATE AMBALA CITY HARYANA 71 0210473 JAMMU 67, VIR MARG, (RESIDENCY ROAD) JAMMU TAWI 72 0210474 KOCHI PALACE ROAD KOCHI-2 KERALA 73 0210477 SAGAR 23, NAMAK MANDI KATRA BAZAR SAGAR-470 002 74 0210497 CHANDANNAGA 796, B. MUKHERJEE ROAD CHANDANNAGA R DISTT. HOOGHLY 75 0210504 BARRACKPORE 26, S.M.P. SARANI BARRACKPORE WEST BENGAL 76 0210506 PASCHIMVIHAR 52, HOLLAND HOUSE JAWALA HERI MARKET PASCHIM VIHAR 77 0210515 GHAZIABAD NAVYUG MARKET 55A, NAVYUG MARKET P.B.NO.12, GHAZIABAD, UTTAR PRADESH 78 0210521 KONNAGAR MUNCIPAL SUPER MARKET P.O. KONNAGAR DISTT. HOOGHLY 79 0210522 SURAT 864'ALAKANANDA APPT. ATHUGAR STREET, NANPURA.GUJAR AT 80 0210523 JUHU VILE PARLE GULMOHAR ROAD MAHARASHTRA PIN-400 049 81 0210524 JALPAIGURI D.B.C. ROAD PO/DISTT. JALPAIGURI WEST BENGAL 82 0210533 BOKARO STEEL CITY 15/D/2, WESTERN AVENUE SECTOR - 2 NAYA MORE BOKARO STEEL CITY 83 0210546 HALDIA DURGACHAK P.O. KHANJAN CHAK MIDNAPORE, / WEST BENGAL 84 0210555 CHHINDWARA GOLEGANJ, CHHINDWARA MADHYA PRADESH 85 0210586 HOSHIARPUR LABHCHAND JAIN MARKET, JALANDHAR ROAD, P.O. DISTT. HOSHIARPUR 86 0210588 PATNA RAJENDRA NAGAR ARYA KUMAR ROAD RAJENDRANAGAR PATNA 87 0210589 NANDED HANUMAN TEKDI NANDED - 431 601 MAHARASHTRA 88 0210598 BAGH BAZAR 2A, NAYAN KRISHNA SAHA LANE KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 89 0210613 ULTADANGA 162/1, C.I.T. ROAD SCHEME-VII M KOLKATA 90 0210618 CALICUT KALLAI ROAD CALICUT KERALA 91 0210631 KOLKATA DUNLOP BRIDGE 149.B.T. ROAD KOLKATA-18 WEST BENGAL 92 0210655 VIDYANAGAR VILL. VIDYANAGAR P.O. CHARASHYAMDAS DISTT. SOUTH 24-PARGANAS, WEST BENGAL 93 0210714 DIBRUGARH H. S. ROAD ASSAM PIN-786 001 94 0210774 SONARPUR VILL. GORKHARA P.O. SONARPUR DISTT. SOUTH 24-PARGANAS, WEST BENGAL 95 0210793 WARDHA NAGPUR MAIN ROAD NEAR OLD ARVI BUS STAND WARDHA, MAHARASHTRA 96 0210794 YEOTMAL HOUSE NO. 303 CIVIL LINES DISTT. YAVATMAL, MAHARASHTRA 97 0210796 AMRAVATI GIRIRAJ COMPLEX NEAR SHAKAR BHUVAN MORSHI RD. AMRAVATI, MAHARASHTRA 98 0210834 SUBDHIPUR VILL. SUBUDHIPUR P.O. BARUIPUR DISTT. SOUTH 24-PARGANAS 99 0210835 ADCHINI 75-76 ADHCHINI AURABINDO MARG, DELHI 100 0210836 KRISHNA NAGAR (W B) D.L. ROY ROAD, BOWBAZAR P.O.KRISHNAGAR DISTT. NADIA, WEST BENGAL 101 0210845 AURANGABAD MAHARASHTRA SHREERAJ BUILDING KHADKESHWAR MARG AURANGABAD 102 0210866 KALYANI INDTL. ESTATE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING KALYANI INDUSTRIAL STATE DISTT. NADIA 103 0210870 SALEM 104/A, ARUNACHALAN ACHARI ST., SALEM TAMIL NADU 104 0210909 MYSORE 133, SHIKHA TOWERS RAMA VILAS ROAD, KARNATAKA 105 0210918 NOIDA A-6 SECTOR 10 NOIDA U. P. 106 0210920 AHMEDNAGAR ABBOTT BUILDING 9 KINGS ROAD, ZENDIGATE MAHARASHTRA 107 0211006 BHOPAL BHEL TOWNSHIP BHEL TOWN QR. NO. 118 TYPE III B SECTOR, PIPLANI MADHYA PRADESH 108 0211027 BHUBANESWAR OLD STATION SQUARE CUTTACK ROADNEAR CHINTAMANIS OPPOSITE BHUBANESWAR HOTEL BHUBANESWAR -751 006 109 0211041 KOLHAPUR KANJUNGA BUILDING, 204-E, NEW SHAHUPURI STATION ROAD, KOLHAPUR 110 0211050 HYDERABAD HIMAYAT NAGAR 3-6-435, MAIN ROAD HIMAYATNAGAR HYDERABAD -500 029 ANDHRA PRADESH 111 0211066 BHAGALPUR TNB COLLEGE T.N.B. COLLEGE BHAGALPUR BIHAR 112 0211072 DUMKA ZILLA SCHOOL ROAD P.O. DUMKA JHARKHAND 113 0211083 CHITTARANJAN PARK C405, CHITTARANJAN PARK, NEW DELHI DELHI 114 0211101 BOLPUR 162, HOROGOURITALA P.O. BOLPUR WEST BENGAL 115 0211118 ANDHERI EAST DHARAM KRIPA 1ST FLOOR OLD NAGARDAS ROAD, ANDHERI EAST 116 0211129 JADAVPUR 14/1 S.P.D BLOCK BAGHAJATIN JADAVPUR, WEST BENGAL 117 0211132 REWAAPS UNIVERSITY A.P.S UNIVERSITY CAMPUS DISTT. REWA MADHYA PRADESH 118 0211149 RANCHI HARMU COLONY PLOT-B/1.P.O. HARMU H H COLONY RANCHI, JHARKHAND 119 0211150 JAMSHEDPUR-ADITYAPUR ANANDA BHAWAN ADITYAPUR CHOWK MP COMPLEX JHARKHAND 120 0211227 CHAKRADHARPUR VILL. CHAKRADHARPUR P.O. BALARAMPUR VIA-JENAPUR, ORISSA 121 0211466 RANCHI CIRCULAR RD. K.P.DUTTA COMPOUND P.O.LALPUR 60.CIRCULAR ROAD, JHARKHAND 122 0211485 PONDICHERRY VENKATNAGAR 93 KAMARAJ SALAI PUDUCHERRY PIN-605 011 123 0211516 HIRAPUR DHANBAD LUBY CIRCULAR ROAD, BEKAR BANDH DISTT. DHANBAD JHARKHAND 124 0211542 NAGER COIL NO. 20-21, COURT ROAD, NAGERCOIL KANYAKUMARI TAMIL-NADU 125 0211546 GUWAHATI PANBAZAR C.K. ROAD, RANIBARI PANBAZAR, GUWAHATI, DISTT. KAMRUP, ASSAM 126 0211555 ANDHERI WEST NO. 188 RAJESH CENTRE S.V. ROAD, ABOVE ALFA RESTAURANT, ANDHERI -W MAHARASHTRA 127 0211703 GARIA 120A, RAJA SUBODH MULLICK ROAD KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 128 0211714 SOUTH SINTHI 9/R DUM DUM ROAD KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 129 0211720 RAILWAY MARKET RAILWAY MARKET GOLEBAZAR KHARAGPUR MIDNAPORE WEST BENGAL 130 0211722 KOLKATA D H ROAD 282, DIAMOND HARBOUR ROAD WEST BENGAL PIN - 700 034 131 0211723 RED CROSS PLACE 7, RED CROSS PLACE WEST BENGAL PIN - 700 001 132 0211726 KOLKATA DUMDUM CANTONMENT 20.N.C.MITRA ROAD, KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 133 0211727 RAMPURHAT FOUR POINT CROSSING DAK BUNGLOW ROAD WEST BENGAL 134 0211731 SAINTHIA STATION ROAD P.O. SAINTHIA WEST BENAGL 135 0211732 SANTINIKETAN RD ISHANI KUTIR.SANTINIKE TAN ROAD P.O. BOLPUR BIGYAN MANDIR (BDO COMPLEX), WEST BENGAL 136 0211734 MADHYAMGRAM SODEPUR ROAD, MADHYAMGRAM WEST BENGAL 137 0211738 SANTOSHPUR 117, SANTOSHPUR AVENUE KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 138 0211752 LAKE TOWN 919, LAKE TOWN KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 139 0211774 GUWAHATI FANCY BAZAR FANCY BAZAR, S. S. ROAD, LAKHTOKIA GUWAHATI 140 0211792 RANAGHAT 20, SUBHAS AVENUE P.O. RANAGHAT DISTT. NADIA 141 0211798 NADIA NETAJI SUBHAS ROAD 19, NETAJI SUBHAS ROAD P. O. SANTIPUR DISTT. NADIA 142 0211807 TENTULBERIA 87, TENTULBERIA ROAD P. O. GARIA KOLKATA 143 0211808 R.N.TAGORE RD 15, R. N. TAGORE ROAD P.O. KRISHNANAGAR DISTT. NADIA 144 0211811 KOLKATA GOPALLAL THAKUR RD. 123/4/1 G L T ROAD KOLKATA 700 035 WEST BENGAL 145 0211814 SAKCHI JAMSHEDPUR BISTUPUR 41 T B ROAD SAKCHI JHARKHAND 146 0211819 JAYANAGAR 39 CROSS 23 MAIN 4TH T BLOCK JAYANAGAR KARNATAKA 147 0211829 SALT LAKE CITY BD-98, SALT LAKE CITY KOLKATA WEST BENGAL 148 0211836 KOLKATA P K GUHA ROAD 1 SANTOSH PARK. P.K.GUHA ROAD KOLKATA-28 149 0211841 BALURGHAT BUS TERMINUS BALURGHAT BUS TERMINUS DISTT. WEST DINAJPUR WEST BENAGL 150 0211871 GWALIOR JIWAJI UNIV. CITY CENTER 15 TAGORE NAGAR JIWAJI UNIVERSITY MADHYA PRADESH 151 0211875 RAIPUR SHYAM NAGAR TELIBANDHA CHOWK G.E.ROAD CHHATTISGARH 152 0211886 JAMNAGAR GIDC MARKET YARD 3, NANDANVAN SOCIETY SADHANA COLONY GIDC PHASE-II ROAD, GUJARAT 153 0211889 RANCHI HATIA MARKET HATIA MARKET TUPUDANA RANCHI - 834 003 154 0211918 HATIARA DHANKOL, HATIARA WEST BENGAL PIN-700 059 155 0211921 PORT BLAIR GANDHI BHAWAN, PORT BLAIR A N ISLANDS 156 0211934 PANCHKULA SHOW ROOM NO. 12A SECTOR-II PANCHKULA HARYANA 157 0211936 SHIMLA ALOKA COTTAGE NEAR SCANDAL POINT MALL ROAD, SHIMLA 158 0211952 PARYAVAS BHAVAN BHOPAL PARYAVAS BHAVAN JAIL ROAD AREARA HILL, MADHYA PRADESH 159 0211974 JABALPUR R.D. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING RDVV PACHPERHI, MADHYA PRADESH 160 0211975 VASHI NAVI MUMBAI 2 ARNEJA ARCADE SECTOR 17 VASHI, MAHARASHTRA 161 0212024 RAJAHMUNDRY D NO 46-15-17 DANAVAIPETA RAJAMUNDR ANDHRA PRADESH 162 0212027 KIIT PATIA BHUBANESWAR ORISSA 163 0212052 NIBM - KONDWA NIMB KONDWA PUNE MAHARASHTRA 164 0212057 DEOGHAR NEW SARAWAN ROAD DEOGHAR JHARKHAND 165 0212110 MIRA ROAD 5/6 POONAMSAGAR COMPLEX.BLDG. NO.43/44 OPP. SECT.9.SHANTI- NAGAR MIRA ROAD, MAHARASHTRA 166 0212116 VELLORE PLOT N0.83.SOUTH AVENUE ROAD, GURU THOPPU.PHASE -1, SATHUVACHARRY, VELLORE, TAMIL-NADU 167 0212122 TIRUPUR 342.PALLADAM MAIN ROAD THENNAMPALAYAM TIRUPUR, TAMIL-NADU 168 0212133 ROHINI PSP AREA SECTOR 14 EXTN. PLOT NO 2A ROHINI DELHI 169 0212152 SFRI JABALPUR STATE FOREST RES. INSTITUTE OPP. BADSHAH HALWAI MANDIR POLIPATHAR, GWARIGHAT ROAD, MADHYA PRADESH 170 0212180 BAGUIATI VIP MANSION, DC-2/11, DESHBANDHU NAGAR.SHASTR-IBAGAN BAGUIATI, KOLKATA 171 0212181 SALT LAKE SEC-III 152, GC-BLOCK, SECTOR-3 SALT LAKE CITY.BIDHAN NAGAR KOLKATA 172 0212195 RAJ.SANSKRIT UNIV. MADAU RAJASTHAN PIN-302 026 173 0212265 DUMDUM PARK 264, DUMDUM PARK DISTT.- NORTH 24 PARGANAS WEST BENGAL 174 0212268 SALT LAKE LA-BLOCK 3C, LA-BLOCK BIDYUT UNNAYAN BHAWAN BIDHAN NAGAR, KOLKATA 175 0212269 PATULI H1/1, BAISHNABGHATA, PATULI TOWNSHIP, FIRST FLOOR, PATULI, KOLKATA 176 0212274 DWARKA LOCAL SHOPPING COMPLEX SECTOR 6 DWARKA, DELHI 177 0212284 IGIMS PATNA BAILEY ROAD SHIEKHPURA PATNA BIHAR 178 0212286 BIHAR COLLEG OF ENGG. PATNA ASHOK RAJPATH MAHENDRU PATNA BIHAR 179 0212288 M P POLICE HOUSING CORPN. BPL MP POLICE HOUSING CORPN. BHABHADA ROAD BHOPAL MADHYA PRADESH 180 0212289 AGRICULTURE RESEARCH INST. PAT. NEAR BUS STAND MITHAPUR PATNA BIHAR 181 0212299 PITAMPURA 366, KOHAT ENCLAVE PITAMPURA NEW DELHI 182 0212456 MAYUR VIHAR ACHARYA NIKETAN MAYUR VIHAR PHASE I DELHI 183 0212484 BHADRAK COLLEGE ORISSSA PIN-556 100 184 0212485 PARADIP PORT TRUST ORISSA PIN-754 142 185 0212486 MUNGER NEAR UMA CINEMA HALL MUNGER BIHAR 186 0212522 KORAMANGALA, BANGALORE NO.22.ESARES, 80 FT ROAD, KORAMANGALA BANGALORE 2. The above authorisation is subject to the following conditions, namely:- (i) All remittance shall be credited to Government Account at Reserve Bank of India, Central Account Section, Nagpur within three days, including holidays; (ii) In case of delays beyond the above mentioned period, the penalty payable by Allahabad Bank on such delayed remittances shall be the applicable rate of interest payable to the depositor plus 0.5% in case of delays up to thirty days and plus one per cent in case of delays beyond thirty days; (iii) Observance of rules and regulations of the Public Provident Fund Scheme as amended from time to time. Non-observance of rules and regulations would attract penal action including de-authorisation of the branch or bank. Pecuniary liabilities, if any, arising from such non-observance shall be borne entirely by the bank. F. 7/9/2008-NS.II (Vol. II),