IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14620 of 2006 Mahavir Prasad Sah, Son of Late Mangal Sah, Resident of Village Sirsiya, P.S. Bathnaha, District Sitamarhi. ---------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj, Bihar, Patna. 2. The State of Bihar through the Director, Deptt. of Panchayat Raj, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Joint Commissioner, Account Administrator, Department of Finance, Bihar, Patna. 4. The District Magistrate, Sitamarhi. 5. The District Provident Officer, Sitamarhi. 6. The Treasury Officer, Sitamarhi. 7. The Block Development Officer, Bargania. 8. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. --------- Respondents 3 04.05.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State as also Accountant General. The solitary prayer in this writ petition is with regard to certain balance payment of the provident fund of the petitioner who was in service in the year 1961-95. A counter affidavit has also been filed explaining payment of such provident fund and copies thereof was served on the counsel for the petitioner way back on 19.4.2007 and 12.2.2008 but, there is no rejoinder to the same. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner has died 2 recently a month earlier. That being so, it would only reflect that the claim of the petitioner has been settled and he, therefore, did not choose to file any rejoinder to the counter affidavit taking into account an specific stand with regard to the payment of G.P.F. amount as claimed in the writ petition. That being so, this application has become infructuous and the same is accordingly dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)