IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2524 of 2009 ANOOP KUMAR SINHA Versus REG.P.F.COMMISSIONER & ANR ----------- 2 26/2/2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Pradhan, counsel appearing on behalf of respondent nos. 1 and 2. As a matter of fact after the competent authority of Employees Provident Fund Organization at Patna had communicated the petitioner that there was no balance left in the P.F. account of the petitioner for its being transferred, the same should have been end of the matter. The petitioner, however, insists that such statement of the authority of the Employees Provident Fund Organization is not correct because no account in support of such statement has been furnished to the petitioner. Mr. Pradhan accepts this position that whatever account is maintained in the name of individual subscriber, can be made available to satisfy the subscriber with regard to his claim of balance. If that be so, this Court would only direct the petitioner to approach the 2 Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Bihar Patna by filing a fresh representation enclosing basis of his claim, whereafter the authority shall not only examine the same and dispose it of by passing a speaking order, but would also enclose account of the petitioner showing therein no balance in the account of the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of filing the representation by the petitioner along with a copy of this order. Let it be made clear that this Court has not gone into merits of claim of the petitioner and therefore the issue as to whether any balance of Provident Fund is left in the account of the petitioner or not, can be and should be adjudicated by the competent authority. With the aforementioned observation this application is disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.) Abhay Kumar