IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4097 of 2011 1. Murlidhar Jha S/O Late Girija Jha R/O Vill.- Parshu Ramchak, P.O.- Rampur, P.S.- Kahalgaon, Distt.- Bhagalpur Versus 1. The Union Of India Through The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner Employees Provident Fund Organization (Ministry Of Labour, Govt. Of India), Wazirpur, New Delhi 2. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, New Delhi 3. The Manager/P.F. Ircon International Ltd., Palika Bhawan, R.K. Puram, New Delhi - 110066 4. The State Of Bihar Through The Secretary Finance Department, Govt. Of Bihar, Patna 5. Additional Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Bihar, Patna 2 12.10.2011 Heard Mr. Suresh Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and the A.C. to G.P.17 for the State as well as Mr.Ranjan Kumar Sinha, learned counsel appearing for Respondent no.3. The petitioner states that he had served in the Indian Railway Construction Company Limited, Respondent no.3 for 20 years beginning from 15.11.1982 to 19.10.2002. He submits that he has not received his arrears of pension from 12.5.2003 onwards. He also seeks statutory interest on the pensionary dues. Mr. Ranjan Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for Respondent no.3 submits that the Company has already forwarded all the required papers of petitioner to Respondent no.2. The petitioner has also in his petition had stated that all the requisites papers have been transmitted by respondent no.3 to Respondent no.2. The right of pension is a statutory right and the same cannot be denied by the employer. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the 2 petitioner would submit a detail representation before the Respondent no.2 in respect of his pensionary claim, who in turn would dispose of the same within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of the representation and would pay all the pensionary dues along with its statutory interest to the petitioner. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this writ petition stands disposed of. KHAN (S. P. Singh, J.)