BEFORE THE LOK ADALAT HELD AT HIGH COURT PATNA CWJC No.8412 of 2006 Petitioner :KRIPA SHANKAR DWIVEDI Respondent :THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS Present:- Member(Judicial) :Mr. Justice Mihir Kumar Jha Member(Legal Profession) : Smt. Nivedita Nirvikar, Advocate AWARD The dispute between the parties having been referred for determination to the Lok Adalat and the parties having compromised/ settled the case/matter, the following award is passed in terms of the settlement: Upon discussion and deliberation between the parties, the dispute pertaining to payment of G.P.F. of the petitioner, who has retired in the year 1991, is sought to be resolved in following terms:- (i) The concerned District Provident Fund Officer, Bhojpur/Buxar shall give details of payment already made to the petitioner on the head of G.P.F., inasmuch as, it has been claimed by the respondents that during the pendency of this writ application, certain payment of G.P.F. has already been paid to the petitioner. (ii) The amount of G.P.F. contribution along with interest for unpaid period (1.3.1979 to 31.3.1984), for which payment could not be made due to want of necessary information of actual contribution made by the petitioner would now be calculated on the basis of average of the monthly amount as was originally paid by the petitioner before 1.3.1979 and immediately after 31.3.1984. In other words, the contribution of amount will be artificially calculated by taking average and on such calculation the actual amount of contribution and interest thereon as per prescribed rate shall be paid to the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt of this order. In view of the aforesaid agreed terms and conditions and the dispute being already resolved, this case is disposed of. The parties are informed that the court fee, if any, paid by any of them shall be refunded. ___________________ Petitioner/Petitioner's representative) ___________________ Respondent/Respondent's representative) ( Mihir Kumar Jha) (Nivedita Nirvikar), Advocate Member(Judicial) Member(Legal Profession) Date :01-05-2010 (Seal of the Authority)