IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12315 of 2009 1. SRI SURENDRA PRASAD SINGH, Son of Ganga Dayal Singh, Resident of Village- Shiv Raji Tola, P.O.- Chakai, District- Bhojpur 2. Sri Kalimuddin Khan, Son of Late Shahjada Khan, resident of Village- Chakai, Via- Behea, District- Bhojpur :---- Petitioners. Versus 1. UNION OF INDIA through the Provident Fund Commissioner, R.Block, Patna. 2. Regional Employees Provident Fund Commissioner, R.Block,Patna. 3. Recovery Officer, Regional E.P.F., R.Block Road No.6, Patna :---- Respondents. ----------- 2. 05.10.2009. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the counsel for the Union of India. 2. Petitioners are aggrieved by the show-cause notice dated 19.2.2009, Annexure-6 calling upon them to deposit the outstanding amount of Rs. 6,23427/- failing which to appear before the Recovery Officer on 09.03.2009 for being committed to civil prison. They are further aggrieved by the warrant of arrest issued by the Recovery Officer which is dated 20.07.2009 and is contained in Annexure-5 to this application. 3. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that on account of ill luck they could not receive the show-cause notice dated 19.2.2009, Annexure-6 and had the petitioners received the notice they ought to have filed show-cause reply and the occasion to issue warrant of arrest may not have arisen at all. 4. Without going into the correctness or otherwise of the submission raised by the counsel for the petitioners, I direct the petitioners to file their reply to the show-cause notice dated 19.2.2009, Annexure-6 within two weeks from today and thereafter the Recovery Officer should pass his orders over the cause shown by the petitioners as early as possible, in any case within another two weeks and until then the warrant of arrest issued against the petitioners dated 20.07.2009, Annexure-5 shall remain stayed. 5. This writ application is, accordingly, disposed of. P.K.P. (V.N.Sinha,J.)