Chandigarh, Oct. 15 -- The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Chandigarh Bench, has quashed the suspension of an Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) officer, observing that the authorities cannot give new reasons to justify an order after it has been passed.

The tribunal also set aside an order in which the officer's request was rejected by the EPFO to continue working from Chandigarh instead of shifting his headquarters to Chennai/Puducherry during the suspension period.

The order was passed on Tuesday on a plea filed by Kumar Punit, a regional provident fund commissioner-I, challenging his suspension on July 27, 2026, and the subsequent decision to change his headquarters. Advocate Arvind Moudgil appeared for Punit.

The...