BEFORE THE LOK ADALAT HELD AT HIGH COURT PATNA CWJC No.5554 of 2006 Petitioner :BINDA DEVI Respondent :THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS Present:- Member(Judicial) :Mr. Justice Mihir Kumar Jha Member(Legal Profession) : Smt. Nivedita Nirvikar, Advocate AWARD The dispute between the parties having been referred for determination to the Lok Adalat and the parties having compromised/ settled the case/matter, the following award is passed in terms of the settlement: Upon discussion and deliberation between the parties, the solitary issued raised in this writ application as with regard to payment of amount of G.P.F. of the husband of the petitioner, is sought to be resolved in the following terms:- (i) The entire payment of amount of contribution of G.P.F. of the husband of the petitioner Ram Chandra Prasad, holding the post of Supply Inspector, who had died in harness on 11th February, 1995, will be paid to the widow petitioner along with statutory interest as per G.P.F. Rules from the date of entitlement i.e. 11.2.1995 till its payment within a period of three months from the date of receipt of this order and the widow petitioner will not be subjected to technicalities of rule requiring submission of final withdrawal form of such amount of G.P.F. (ii) A calculation sheet of such amount of G.P.F. along with interest will be furnished by the District Provident Fund Officer, Gaya who will also ensure that the widow petitioner having suffered for the last fifteen years for getting the amount which her husband had invested in the Provident Fund is no longer harassed in getting the legitimate amount along with uptodate interest. The matter stands resolved in the aforementioned agreed terms and hence disposed of accordingly. The parties are informed that the court fee, if any, paid by any of them shall be refunded. ___________________ Petitioner/Petitioner's representative) ___________________ Respondent/Respondent's representative) ( Mihir Kumar Jha) (Nivedita Nirvikar), Advocate Member(Judicial) Member(Legal Profession) Date :01-05-2010 (Seal of the Authority)