IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15976 of 2010 DEEPA KUMARI DEVI WIFE OF LATE ARUN KUMAR SAH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE PURUSHOTTAMPUR, P.O.-JANARDANPUR, P.S.- KALYANPUR, DISTRICT- SAMASTIPUR. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, SAMASTIPUR. 3. DISTRICT PROVIDENT FUND OFFICER, SAMASTIPUR. 4. CIRCLE OFFICER, KHANPUR BLOCK, SAMASTIPUR. 5. TREASURY OFFICER, SAMASTIPUR. 6. ACCOUNTANT GENERAL, BIHAR, PATNA. 7. DISTRICT PROVIDENT FUND OFFICER, SAMASTIPUR. ----------- 2 24.09.2010 As prayed for, the District Provident Fund Officer, Samastipur is added as respondent no.7. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and the Accountant General. The grievance of the petitioner is that upon the death of her husband in harness while working on the post of Revenue Clerk under the Circle Officer, Khanpur Block, Samastipur (respondent no. 4), the arrears of family pension for the period of 24th of May 2006 to 31st of July 2008 have not been paid for want of sanction order to be communicated by the Circle Officer, Khanpur Block, Samastipur (respondent no. 4) to the Accountant General, Bihar as requested by the Accountant General as per letter no.640 dated 12th January 2009, as 2 contained in Annexure 6. The other grievances of the petitioner is that the provident fund dues of her husband has not been paid till date since the deduction, made from the salary were not sent to the concerned District Provident Fund Officer at the material time as would be appearing from the letter of Circle Officer, Khanpur Block, Samastipur (respondent no. 4) as contained in Annexure 7. Learned counsel for the State submits that the aforesaid grievances of the petitioner would be considered at earliest. In the above circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of the pending claims, the petitioner proposes to represent her grievances with regard to the claim for arrears of family pension by filing representation before the District Magistrate Samastipur (respondent no. 2) with a copy to Circle Officer, Khanpur Block, Samastipur (respondent no. 4), Treasury Officer, Samastipur (respondent no. 5) and Accountant General, Bihar, Patna (respondent no. 6). As regards the claim for the payment of provident fund dues, the petitioner proposes to file a separate representation before the District Provident Fund Officer, Samastipur (respondent no. 3) and newly added respondent no.7 i.e., District Provident Fund Officer 3 Samistipur. In case such representations are filed within a period of four weeks along with the certified copy of the present order, the concerned respondents shall consider the respective grievances of the petitioner in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation, so that the grievances of the petitioner with regard to the claim for arrear of family pension and also the GPF may be settled and paid with interest permissible under the rules. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. AMRENDRA/ (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)