IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.3440 of 2010 Hridaya Prasad S/o Late Prakash Mahto R/o vill- Dumari, P.O. & P.S.- Hisua, Dist.- Nawada. At present R/o In the House of Sri Ram Briksh Prasad, Patel Colony, Sandalpur Road, P.O.- Mahendru, P.S.- Sultanganj, Patna- 800006 Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Sri P.C. Patti, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, R. Block, Patna ----------- For the Petitioner :Mr. Ram Jatan Prasad, Advocate For the State :Mr. Prabhat Kumar, A.C. to G.A.-2 For the P.F. Commissioner : Mr. R.S. Pradhan, Sr. Advocate 02/ 06.05.2011 In compliance of the orders of the High Court dated 29.1.2010 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 17960 of 2009 and other analogous matters, the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Bihar, Patna has passed order dated 13.12.2010, Annexure- B to the show cause holding that the Bihar State Co- operative Bank Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Bank) is not empowered to charge and deduct compound interest over the loan taken against the provident fund deposit and compound interest already deducted is required to be refunded by the Bank to its eleven employees named in the order dated 13.12.2010, Annexure-B to the show cause 2 itself. 2. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that in spite of service of the order dated 13.12.2010, Annexure-B to the show cause on the authorities of the Bank, compound interest already deducted has not been refunded to the petitioner named in the order dated 13.12.2010, Annexure-B to the show cause. 3. For failure of the Bank not to refund the amount, the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Bihar, Patna should proceed to attach the account of the Bank with the Reserve Bank of India. 4. Counsel for the Provident Fund Commissioner also accepts the position that the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner has the power to attach the account of the defaulter establishment and if the authorities of the Bank have not complied with the order dated 13.12.2010, Annexure-B to the show cause, steps for attachment of their account with the Reserve Bank of India shall be taken within a reasonable time not exceeding one 3 month. 5. In the light of the statement made above by the counsel for the petitioner as also the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, I dispose of this contempt petition. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)