IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1814 of 2010 DURGA PRASAD CHAUDHARY SON OF LATE BAJRANGI LAL CHAUDHARY, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE – NEHALUCHAK, P.S. NAWADA, DISTRICT NAWADA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 2. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND, THROUGH SECRETARY, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. 3. THE SECRETARY-CUM-COMMISSIONER, CO- OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR – PATNA. 4. THE DISTRICT GENERAL OF PROVIDENT FUND, PANT BHAWAN, PATNA. 5. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, GAYA. 6. THE DISTRICT PROVIDENT FUND OFFICER, GAYA. 7. THE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, FATEHPUR BLOCK, GAYA. 8. THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, WELFARE CO- OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, KHUNTI. 9. THE DISTRICT PROVIDENT FUND OFFICER, GUMLA JHARKHAND STATE. ----------- 02. 02.02.2010 As prayed for, District Provident Fund Officer, Gumla, Jharkhand is permitted to be added as respondent no. 9. Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, State as also Mr. N.N. Ojha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State of Jharkhand. The grievance of the petitioner is that upon his superannuation on 30th of June 2009 from the post of Block Co-operative Extension Officer, Fathepur Block, District – Gaya, petitioner has received all his retiral dues except the provident fund dues. It is submitted that for the period 01.02.1972 to 30.11.1990, petitioner was working as Surveyor in the District of Simdega, Khuti, Jamshedpur and Ghatshila, 2 the places which are presently in the State of Jharkhand. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent State of Jharkhand as also the State of Bihar submits that the claims of the petitioner shall be considered without delay as per law. In the above circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of his pending claims, petitioner proposes to file a separate and fresh representations before the respondent – District Provident Fund Officer, Gaya and District Provident Fund Officer, Gumla In such view of the matter, in case such representations giving specific claims are filed by the petitioner within a period of six weeks along with the certified copy of the present order as also the copy of the relevant documents in support of the claim, the above respondents shall consider each of the claims raised by the petitioner in his representation in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation so that the grievances of the petitioner could be settled without delay and admitted dues along with statutory interest could also be paid to the petitioner. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. Jagdish ( Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)