IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8226 of 2008 Ram Kishore Singh, Son of Late Fagu Singh, resident of Village-Kayampur, P.O. & P.S. Khusrupur, District-Patna ------------------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Director, Provident Fund Officer, Bihar,Patna 3. The District Provident Fund Officer,Patna --------------------- Respondents. ---------------------------------- 02 29-09-2011 Heard Sri Manoj Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner. None appeared on behalf of the Respondent/ State nor any counter affidavit has been filed till date despite the fact that writ petition was filed in the year 2008 after serving copy of the same on the learned counsel for the State. The petitioner, who retired as Panchayat Sewak, Bakhtiyarpur Block in the district of Patna long back in the year 1986, in view of none payment of the amount of G.P.F. was constrained to approach this Court by filing the present writ petition in the year 2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to Annexure-3 to the writ petition and it was submitted that after rigorous persuasion, the Respondent no.3/ District Provident Fund Officer, Patna had issued authorization, but in the said authorization, name of the petitioner was incorrectly mentioned and even calculation was not done properly. Subsequently, the Block Development Officer, Bakhtiyarpur had sought clarification from the Respondent no.3/ District Provident Fund Officer, Patna vide 2 letter no.180 dated 06.05.2006 (Annexure-4 to the writ petition). Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that after belated stage in the month of February 2008, correction in respect of name of the petitioner was done by the Respondent no.3, but even thereafter payment was not made. In view of the facts, particularly the fact that none has appeared on behalf of the Respondent/State nor any counter affidavit has been filed till date, the writ petition stands allowed on the basis of the averments made in the writ petition and the materials available on record. Accordingly, the Respondent no.3/ District Provident Fund Officer, Patna is hereby directed to make payment of G.P.F. amount of the petitioner with admissible statutory interest on delayed payment. The Respondent no.3 is further directed to pay cost of Rs.5000/- to the petitioner. The entire amount of G.P.F. along with admissible statutory interest with cost as indicate above is to be made within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The writ petition stands allowed. It is made clear that the cost amount may be recovered from the Officer/employee responsible for such a long delay in clearing the dues of the petitioner. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)