IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14193 of 2008 Sudama Devi, Wife of Late Baidyanath Pd. Yadav, R/O Village- Mahkhan, P.S. Simari Bakhtiarpur, District-Saharsa --- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. District Provident Fund Officer, Saharsa 3. Director, G.P.F. Directorate, Pant Bhawan, Bihar,Patna 4. Accountant General,Bihar, Bir Chand Patel Marg, Patna 5. Collector, Saharsa 6. Anchal Adhikari, Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Saharsa 7. Chief Secretary, Bihar,Patna ----------------- Respondents. ---------------------------------- 02 22-11-2011 Heard Sri Prem Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Rakesh Prabhat, learned A.C. to Govt. Pleader no.9 and learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent no.4/ Accountant General,Bihar,Patna. The widow of an employee , who retired as Clerk on 31.07.2001 and died on 06.05.2003, after not being paid the entire amount of G.P.F. of her husband , approached this Court in the year 2008 by filing the present writ petition after serving a copy of the writ petition on learned counsel for the Respondents. Till date no counter affidavit has been filed either on behalf of Respondent/State or Accountant General, Bihar. Learned counsel for the Respondent no.4/ Accountant General, Bihar submits that he has received instruction, which indicates that the balance regarding deduction of G.P.F. amount from the salary till the year 1982 had already been transferred to the State authority long back. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the office of Respondent no.6/ Anchal Adhikari, Simri 2 Bakhtiyarpur , Saharsa and Respondent no.2/ the District Provident Fund Officer, Saharsa have made certain communications vide Annexures 1 and 2 to the writ petition, but the husband of the petitioner after retirement without getting his amount of G.P.F. died on 06.05.2003. After the death of husband of the petitioner, it was submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner approached the authority concerned, however, no notice was taken by the authority concerned and, as such, she was constrained to approach this Court by filing the present writ petition. In view of the fact that the husband of the petitioner retired in the year 2001 and died in 2003 and till date the amount of G.P.F. of husband of the petitioner was not paid by the Respondent authority and no counter affidavit has been filed by the Respondents, the writ petition stands allowed on the basis of materials available in the writ petition with a direction to the Respondents, particularly Respondent no.3/ Director, G.P.F. Directorate, Patna , Respondent no.2/ District Provident Fund Officer, Saharsa as well as Respondent no.6/ Anchal Adhikari, Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Saharsa to take all steps for payment of G.P.F. amount of husband of the petitioner along with admissible statutory interest within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands allowed. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)