IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14795 of 2008 Shambhu Nath Das, S/o Late Narayan Chandra Das, R/o Village – Chara, Bargaon, P.S. – Shahkund, District – Bhagalpur, at present residing at Adarsh Coloney Road No. 6, West Patel Nagar, P.S. – Shashtrinagar, District – Patna. ---- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. Principal Secretary, Personnel & Administrative Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. Director, General Provident Fund, Bihar, Patna. 5. Accountant General of Bihar Patna. --------- Respondents ---------------------------------- 3 30.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. Manisha Singh, learned A.C. to Government Advocate No. 1, appearing on behalf of all the Respondents. The petitioner, who retired as ‘Deputy Development Commissioner, Motihari’, on 29.02.2000 after not getting his due amount of G.P.F. for a long time approached this court by filing present writ petition in the year 2008. Till date no counter affidavit has been filed by the Respondents particularly Respondent No. 4/Director, General Provident Fund, Bihar, Patna. It was submitted by learned counsel for the State that repeated request was made to the Respondent No. 4 to provide instruction however all efforts went in vain. In view of the facts and circumstances, the court is of the opinion that the writ petition can be disposed of even in absence of any counter affidavit. Keeping in view the fact that the petitioner retired in the year 2000 itself, the writ petition stands allowed with a direction to 2 the Respondents particularly the Respondent No. 4 / Director, General Provident Fund, Bihar, Patna to pay all the amount of G.P.F. to the petitioner along with statutory interest which is to be calculated and paid till the date of payment of the amount of G.P.F. Payment must be made within eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The writ petition stands allowed. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)