IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10721 of 2005 Dr.Prem Kumar Vidyarthi, son of Late- Shiv Narayan Rai, resident of Mohalla-South Mandiri, Police Station-Budha Colony, District-Patna. …….Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Bihar, having his office at Vikas Bhawan(New Secretariate), District-Patna. 2. The Additional Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Bihar, having his office at Vikas Bhawan (New Secretariat), District-Patna. 3. The Director in Chief, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Bihar, having his office at Vikas Bhawan, New Secretariat, District-Patna. 4. The Civil Surgeon, Saran, Chapra. 5. The Director, Provident Fund, having his office at Pant Bhawan, Bailey Road, District-Patna. 6. The District Provident Fund Officer, Saran, Chapra. 7. The Accountant General(Accounts and Entitlement) Bihar, Patna having his office at Birchand Patel Path, Police Station Kotwali, District-Patna. ………Respondents. ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Mukeshwar Dayal For the State : Mr. Sanjay Kumar, No.1, G.P. XIV For the Accountant General : Mr. Arun Kumar Arun ---------- 10. 19.02.2009 The dispute and the grievance of the petitioner seem to have been finally settled after filing of the 3rd supplementary counter affidavit on behalf of respondent No. 4. Details of the payments and Xerox copy of the demand draft has been produced in Court and duly handed over to the learned counsel for the petitioner. With the three payments under two heads, the matter stands resolved. Learned counsel for the petitioner further - 2 - submits that there is delay in payment of the G.P.F. amount and he should be entitled to payment of statutory interest till the date of actual payment. With the last where not having been said on this issue by the High Court and there are conflicting opinion in this regard, the Court has certain difficulty in directing the respondents to pay the statutory interest as prayed for by the petitioner. However the matter and the issue are left upon the petitioner to reassert after the decision as render in the division bench in the case of Ram Pratap Singh. The writ application stands disposed of. Shageer (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)