IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17161 of 2008 Rekha Mishra, wife of Sri Mahanand Thakur, resident of Village- Fatehpur, P.O. Bishambhar Chak, P.S. Amarpur, District-Banka -------------------------------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar,Patna 3. District Superintendent of Education, Banka 4. Block Education Extension Officer, Katoria, District-Banka 5. Head Master, Primary School, Chatakurum, Block –Katoria, District-Banka 6. District Provident Fund Officer, Banka ------------------------ Respondents. ---------------------------------- 02 09-12-2011 Heard Sri Nand Gopal Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Abdul Shakur, learned A.C. to Standing Counsel no.24, who appears on behalf of Respondent/State. The married daughter of the deceased employee is the petitioner in the present writ petition. The father of the petitioner, who was teacher in Primary School, Banka died on 21.05.1980 while in service. After the death of the father, the mother of the petitioner was getting family pension. She, too, died in the year 1995. Thereafter, in the year 2008, the petitioner, who is married daughter of the deceased employee, filed the present writ petition with a claim for payment of death-cum- retiral dues. In this case, a counter affidavit has been filed by the Respondent/State and it has been indicated that certain application form was received from the petitioner in the year 2008 and thereafter it was processed and sent to the District 2 Education Officer, Banka on 22.01.2009. As per affidavit, which was sworn on 16.02.2009, authority was not received and, as such, payment of the G.P.F. amount was not made. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the amount of G.P.F. has not been paid till date. Since the Respondent/State has already processed the claim for G.P.F. amount, the Court is of the opinion that the writ petition can be disposed of with direction to the Respondents to take final decision regarding the claim of G.P.F. in respect of the father of the petitioner within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. If the Respondents consider the claim of the petitioner as genuine, they are required to make payment within two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The writ petition stands disposed of. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)