IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3262 of 2007 MOSTT.SHAKUNTALA DEVI wife of Late Ramashish Pasxwan, resident of village & P.O.- Pachana, P.S. + Anchal- Sheikhpura, District Sheikhpura. Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Department of Primary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna 2.The Director, Department of Primary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3.The District Magistrate, Lakhisarai 4.The District Provident Fund Officer, Munger 5.The District Superintendent of Education, Lakhisarai 6.The Treasury Officer, Lakhisarai 7.The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna ----------- 2 21.04.2009 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that during the pendency of this writ application the petitioner has received the dues towards the provident fund, however the payment has been made after long delay, and as such, he is entitled for payment of interest also. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he proposes to file a representation before the respondent no.4 with regard to his claim for interest on account of the delayed payment of the provident fund dues, if not paid. As regard the other unpaid claim the petitioner proposes to file representation before the respondent no.5. In this view of the matter, petitioner is permitted to make representation before the respondent no.4 for redressal of the grievance with regard to payment of interest over the delayed payment of provident fund amount and he is further permitted to make representation before the respondent no.5 for redressal of his grievance with regard to other dues. In case such representations are filed by the petitioner within a period of four weeks from today along with the certified copy of the present order, the concerned respondent shall consider and dispose of the same by a reasoned order in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of four months on receipt of the representation. Upon such consideration, if the representations are disposed of in favour of the petitioner, the above respondent shall simultaneously issue necessary orders so that the grievances of the petitioner, as raised in the representation, could be redressed without delay in the light of the order passed by him on such representation. The writ application is disposed of with the above observations/directions. (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.) Manish/-