IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6732 of 2008 Sahdeo Ram, son of Late Amka Ram, Resident of Village Berhna, P.S. Barh, District Patna, at present residing Buranhi Chak, P.S. Barh, District Patna. ... ... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. The District Provident Fund Officer, Purnea, District Purnea. 3. Civil Surgeon Cum-Chief Medical Officer, Araria. 4. Incharge Medical Officer, Primary Health Centre, Jokihat, Araria. ... ... Respondents. ---------------------------------- 3. 20.10.2011. Heard Shri Prafull Chandra Jha, leanred counsel for the petitioner and Shri Bindhyachal Roy, learned A.C. to G.A.8 appearing on behalf of all the respondents. The present writ petition was filed in the year 2008 with a prayer to direct the respondents to make payment of differential amount of G.P.F. to the tune of Rs.53,879/-. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to Annexure-1 to the writ petition and submits that a meager amount of Rs.37045/- was paid in the year 2005 and subsequently, after persuasion of the petitioner, the Incharge Medical Officer, Primary Health Centre, Jokihat vide Annexure-2 to the writ petition sent calculation chart showing that the G.P.F. amount as claimed by the petitioner was outstanding at least on 23.6.2006, the date on which the Incharge 2 Medical Officer had issued the calculation chart. In this case, earlier a counter affidavit was filed on behalf of respondent no.4/Incharge Medical Officer, Primary Health Centre, Jokihat, Araria and in paragraph-4 of its counter affidavit, it was indicated that respondent no.4 had not receipt any response from respondent no.2/District Provident Fund Officer, Purnea. Only on 29.9.2011, a counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondent no.2/District Provident Fund Officer, Purnea and in paragraph-8 of its counter affidavit, it has been indicated that G.P.F. amount was re- calculated and it was found that a sum of Rs.53,681/- with up to date interest till September,2011 was payable in favour of the petitioner and thereafter, the respondent no.2 immediately had issued authority slip for aforesaid amount. By filing rejoinder to the counter affidavit, the petitioner has asserted that the G.P.F. amount as claimed by the petitioner i.e. Rs.53,879/- was outstanding since 2005 and only the principal amount has been paid by the respondent no.2. On the said amount, no statutory interest was calculated and 3 paid to the petitioner. Accordingly, it was submitted that petitioner is entitled to get interest on the aforesaid amount. After hearing the parties and perusing the materials on record, the court is also of the opinion that the petitioner was entitled to get admissible statutory interest on outstanding due of G.P.F. as claimed by the petitioner. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of directing the respondent no.2 to calculate the interest from the date from which the claimed amount was due till the date of issuance of authorization by the respondent no.2 as stated in paragraph-8 of the writ petition. The respondent no.2 is directed to pay the aforesaid amount after calculation within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. N.H./ ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)