IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7020 of 2005 BIRAMRATA MANDILWAR, widow of late Ajay Kumar Mandilwar, resident of Mohalla Jiboo Jha lane, C/O Rabindra Kumar Sinha, Khanjerpur, P S - Barari, District – Bhagalpur. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Secretary, Animal Husbandry Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. Director, Animal Husbandry, Bihar, Patna. 4. Director, Provident Fund (Pant Bhawan), Bihar, Patna. 5. District Animal Husbandry Officer, Supaul. 6. District Animal Husbandry Officer, Bhagalpur. 7. District Provident Fund Officer, Supaul. 8. District Provident Fund Officer, Bhagalpur. 9. Block Development Officer, Nath Nagar, Bhagalpur. 10. Accountant General Bihar, Patna. ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Alok Kumar No.1. For the State: Mr. Shankar Kumar, A.C. to AAG-V. For the Accountant General: Mr. L P K Rajgrihar. _______ 02. 18.03.2009 Husband of the petitioner late Ajay Kumar Mandilwar was a veterinary doctor working as Block Animal Husbandry Officer at Nath Nagar, Bhagalpur. He died in harness. Thereafter she has been running around before the respondents for payment of retiral dues. When nothing happened she decided to file the present writ application. After much delay counter affidavit has come to be filed by the State of Bihar. Counter affidavit on behalf of the Accountant General was also filed in 2006. Reading of the counter affidavits would show that pension, gratuity and other retiral dues stand sanctioned and paid. Learned counsel for the petitioner points out two aspects which require to be addressed (1) that the details of the calculation of - 2 - GPF i.e. calculation chart have not been furnished by the Provident Fund authorities and (2) it is not clear whether the benefit of ACP has been granted by the State of Bihar so far which the husband of the petitioner was entitled and in this regard s he brings to the notice of the Court a communication dated 1.8.2005 addressed to the Deputy Secretary, Animal Husbandry, from the Accountant General, Bihar. Though the State has filed counter affidavit but they have not certified whether the petitioner was entitled to the benefit of ACP or whether any cognizance has been taken on the communication dated 1.8.2005. The writ application is disposed of with a direction upon the District Provident Fund Officer, Bhagalpur that he shall furnish the final calculation chart of GPF sanctioned in favour of the petitioner within three months from the date of communication / production of a copy of this order. The Deputy Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries (Animal Husbandry), Government of Bihar is hereby directed that he shall take cognizance of the communication dated 1.8.2005 of the Accountant General, take appropriate steps and do the needful with regard to the grant of ACP related to the husband of the petitioner. If the said benefit is not accruable to the petitioner’s husband the petitioner would be informed of such decision by the State Government or if the benefit accrues to the petitioner’s husband then appropriate communication will be made to the Accountant - 3 - General who shall take appropriate step for further revision if so required. The Deputy Secretary shall do the needful within a period of four months from the date of communication / production of a copy of this order. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observation. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)