IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16330 of 2008 Chandra Kishore Mandal, Son of Late Musaharu Mandal, permanent resident of Village- Belapemu, Police Station- Barhara Kothi, District-Purnea, at present residing in Mohalla- Vikash Nagar, Polytechnic Chowk, Purnea Town, Police Station-Khajanchi Hat, District-Purnea ------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Government of Bihar,Patna 3. District Magistrate, Purnea 4. Director, Panchayati Raj,Bihar,Patna 5. District Panchayati Raj Officer,Purnea 6. Block Development Officer, Krityanand Nagar, district- Purnea 7. The District Provident Fund Officer, Purnea ------------------------------- Respondents. ---------------------------------- 02 02-12-2011 Heard Sri Gyanand Roy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Arjun Prasad, learned A.C. to Standing Counsel no.12, who appears on behalf of the Respondent/State. The petitioner, who retired on 31.07.2004 as Panchayat Sevak, Krityanand Nagar Block, Purnea after not getting his G.P.F. amount, approached this Court by filing the present writ petition in the year 2008. Till date no counter affidavit has been filed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that other retiral dues have already been paid to the petitioner. In view of the fact that the petitioner retired long back in the year 2004 and the payment of G.P.F. amount was not paid to the petitioner, the Court is of the opinion that the writ petition can be allowed with a direction to the Respondent nos. 6 and 7 i.e. Block Development Officer, Krityanand Nagar Block, Purnea and District 2 Provident Fund Officer, Purnea respectively to take all steps for making payment of G.P.F. amount along with admissible statutory interest within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, if the same has not been paid till date. The writ petition stands allowed with above observation. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)