IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16561 of 2007 Majda Khatoon, Wife of Late Md. Usman, Resident of Ajad Road, Chandwara, P.S. Muzaffarpur Town-District- Muzaffarpur. ---------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. 3. The Deputy Collector, Muzaffarpur. 4. The Provident Officer, Muzaffarpur. 5. The Treasury Officer, Muzaffarpur. 6. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. ---------- Respondents ----------- 3 04.05.2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The prayer in this writ application of the petitioner reads as follows:- “(I) For issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of MANDAMUS commanding and directing the Respondent Authorities to revise the pension of the husband of the petitioner and after death of her husband revise the family pension of the petitioner in view of the Resolution No. 11557 dated 22.12.1999, after granting Notional pay in Central Pay-scale with effect from 01.01.1986 and pay the differences of arrears of family pension with statutory as well as penal interest. (II) For issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of MANDAMUS, commanding and directing the Respondent Authorities to provide the calculation Chart of G.P.F. Account and pay the remaining amount of G.P.F. account with statutory as well as penal interest.” 2 Counsel for the petitioner, however, very fairly submits that he would not press the prayer no.(I), inasmuch as, the revision of the pay-scale has already been made during pendency of this writ application. As with regard to payment of statutory interest on the amount of G.P.F., it is submitted that though the husband of the petitioner retired on 31.8.1984 while holding the post of Nazir in the office of Najarat, Muzaffarpur, the payment of G.P.F. accumulation was not made in the year 2008 and as such, the petitioner, the widow of the employee, would be entitled for also payment of statutory interest on such G.P.F. accumulation of her husband. A counter affidavit has been filed wherein the District Provident Fund Officer has taken a stand that a total payment of Rs. 24,550/- towards the G.P.F. accumulation including interest up to 31.12.2007 has been paid. There is no reason as to why the petitioner, the widow, has been deprived of the amount of statutory interest when such payment was made on 7.1.2008. 3 This Court in the case of State of Bihar Vs. Ram Pavitra Singh in L.P.A. No. 1316 of 2002 disposed of on 3rd March, 2010 has held that normally the widow of an employee cannot be deprived of the statutory amount of interest on the G.P.F. accumulation. Thus, keeping the ratio of the Division Bench in the case of the Division Bench in the case of Ram Pavitra (supra), this Court would direct the District Provident Fund Officer to recalculate the statutory interest and make payment of the same to the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)