IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6323 of 2008 Arun Kumar Chaudhary, Son of Late Mahadeo Chaudhary, resident of Village-Sherpur, P.O. Kabilpur, P.S. Kanti, district-Muzaffarpur --------------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Registrar, Co-operative Societies , Bihar, Patna 3. The Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Patna Division, Patna 4. The Managing Director, Patliputra Central Co-operative Bank Ltd. Patna 5. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna 6. The Provident Fund Officer, Patna ------------------------ Respondents. ---------------------------------- 02 19-09-2011 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to implead the District Provident Fund Officer, Patna as Respondent no.6 in this application in course of the day. Heard Sri Pankaj Kumar Singh-1, learned counsel for the petitioner, Smt. Sanjana, learned A.C. to Addl.Advocate General no.13, who appears on behalf of Respondent no. 1 to 4 and newly added Respondent no.6 and Sri Ramkinkar Choubey, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent no.5/ Accountant General,Bihar,Patna. The present writ petition has been filed in the year 2008 with a prayer to direct the Respondents to make payment of death- cum- retiral dues of his father, who died on 11.08.1992, while functioning as Assistant Manager, Patliputra Co-operative Central Bank Ltd, Phulwarisharif. In this case, a counter affidavit was filed in the year 2008, wherein it was indicated that the amount under the head of Group Insurance, Leave Encashment and Provisional 2 Gratuity was already paid to the petitioner. Regarding the claim of G.P.F., it has been stated that the same was pending for issuance of authority slip before the newly added Respondent no.6 i.e. the District Provident Fund Officer. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that till date the remaining amount of gratuity and amount of G.P.F. have not been paid. In this case counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the Respondent no.3/ Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Patna Division, Patna. In view of the facts and circumstances particularly the fact that most of the grievances of the petitioner have already been redressed , the Court is of the opinion that the writ petition can be disposed of at this stage with a direction to the Respondents, particularly Respondent no.3/ Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Patna Division, Patna and newly added Respondent no.6 to take all steps for making payment of the remaining amount of gratuity and full amount of G.P.F. 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 disposed of. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)