IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4300 of 2008 Dhanwa Devi, wife of Late Maksudan Choudhary, resident of Village- Nawaner, Post Office-Dihara, Police Station-Obara, District-Aurangabad ………Petitioner Versus 1. The Union Of India through the Secretary, Ministry of Industry at department New Delhi. 2. The State of Jharkhand, through its Chief Secretary. 3. The Director, The Hindustan Steel Works Construction Limited, Bokaro Steel City, Bokaro, State-Jharkhand. 4. The Group General Manager, the Hindustan Steel Works Limited, Bokaro Steel City, Bokaro. 5. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, West Bengal-44, Park Street, Calcutta-16. 6. The Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner(Pension) West Bengal, DK Block, Sector II Salt Lake City Calcutta-91. 7. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, The Office of Provident Fund Sarpentine Road No. 6, R. Block, Patna. 8. The Branch Manager, Punjab National Bank, Sector IVth Bokaro Steel City, Bokaro. …………Respondents. ----------- 02. 24.02.2009 The petitioner is the widow of a retired employee of Hindustan Steel Works Limited a government of India undertaking. She has pleaded that her husband having taken Voluntary Retirement was paid provisional pension through the Regional Provident fund Commissioner, West Bengal for sometime. Thereafter even that was stopped and subsequently he died. She has to get accordingly final pension and family pension. A counter affidavit has been filed by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Kolkata wherein - 2 - it is stated that petitioner’s husband was asked to furnish complete information as required as per Form D but had failed to do so in spite of several reminders even the event of death has not been duly informed to the Authorities. A counter affidavit has been filed by the Hindustan Steel Works Limited in which it is stated that petitioner being paid provisional pension moved to his village closing his pension account and requested for remittance of his pension to his new bank account which was opened on Dehri-on-sone and the facts of death of the petitioner’s husband has also not been informed by her. These are the reasons why petitioner could not be paid. On behalf of the petitioner, it is stated that now she has furnished all information that was required as per Form D. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner would verify the same in case it is not traceable as yet and petitioner would be reminded forthwith. If the Form that was required would be submitted the Provident Fund Commissioner would ensure that the same is dully processed and final pension including family pension if petitioner would be entitled to would be disbursed to the petitioner within a period of three months from the production of the copy of this order before the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, West Bengal as well as - 3 - Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Patna for needful. This disposes of the writ petition. Shageer (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J)