IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.829 of 2008 MOST.SHAKUNTALA DEVI, wife of Triloki Nath alias Triloki Prasad, resident of Mohalla Bakerganj Bajaja, P.S. Pirbahore, P.O. Bankipore, District Patna. ---Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Patna. 3. The District Provident Fund Officer, Patna. 4. Sri Tarit Kumar Ghosh, Proprietor/Owner of Bharti Bhawan Publication, Thakurwari Road (Kadamkuan), P.O. Kadamkuan, P.S. Kadamkuan, District Patna. ---Respondents ----------- 3. 15.4.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State as also the learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no.2. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that during the pendency of this writ application, gratuity has been settled and paid. However, the pension and the provident fund have not been settled. Learned counsel for respondent no.2 submits that the petitioner has not submitted the requisite application before respondent no.2. However, in case the petitioner files an application in requisite form with necessary details, the same shall be considered without delay. In the above circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of the pending claims, the petitioner proposes to file the requisite application with necessary details before the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Patna (respondent no.2) within a period of two weeks. In case such 2 application is filed, respondent no.2 shall consider the same in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such application, so that the grievances of the petitioner with regard to payment of the pension and provident fund dues may be settled without delay and the necessary sanction order shall also be issued with regard to the payment of the aforesaid claims. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)