IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4096 of 2008 Anil Kumar @ Anil Kumar Pandey, aged about 35 years, son of Late Nandu Pandey, resident of Mohalla Anisabad (in front of Anisabad Post Office), Police Station Gardanibagh, District Patna. ------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar though the Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Public Health & Engineering Department, Bishwasaraiya Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 2. The Superintending Engineer, Public Health and Engineering Department, Patna. 3. The Executive Engineer, Public Health and Engineer (Yantrik) Pramandal, Vaterinary College, Patna-14. 4. Joint Commissioner (Accounts, Administration), Provident Fund, Directorate, Pant Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 5. District Provident Fund Officer, Provident Fund Officer, Pant Bhawan, Patna. ---------- Respondents ----------- 2 04.05.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application is that he being the son of the deceased employee, late Nandu Pandey, was entitled to certain share of retirement benefit. In the opinion of this Court, once the widow, the mother of the petitioner, was nominee who was already paid the retirement benefit, the question of apportionment or partition of the share of the retirement benefit cannot be made subject matter of the 2 writ petition. That being so, this application, being devoid of any merit, is hereby dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)