IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10115 of 2006 RAJDEO PRASAD CHOUDHARY, son of late Darogi Prasad Choudhary, resident of village- Tilathi, Police Station- Beldour, District- Khagaria. … Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through its Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Patna. 2. The Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Panchayati Raj Department, Patna. 4. The Collector, Khagaria. 5. Block Development Officer, Beldour, Khagaria. 6. The Director, Provident Finance Department, Bihar, Patna. 7. District Provident Fund Officer, Khagaria. 8. Treasury Officer, Khagaria. .. Respondents. ----------- 3. 04.05.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application is confined to payment of statutory interest on the amount of G. P.F. The respondents have filed counter- affidavit wherein it has been stated that the petitioner has been paid a sum of Rs.1,93,268.00/- on 6.10.2006 towards the full and final settlement of the claim of G.P.F. of the petitioner which also includes statutory interest for the period April 2000 to September 2000. In the counter- affidavit it has been stated that the petitioner has filed his application for withdrawal of G.P.F. in the year 2006 and 2 therefore as per G.P.F. rules he was paid interest only for six months. Though no rejoinder has been filed to such counter-affidavit despite service of a copy of the same on the counsel for the petitioner on 1.2.2007, counsel for the petitioner would draw attention of this Court towards Annexure- 1, alleged application of final withdrawal of G.P.F. which is said to be filed on the date of 2.4.2000. From the application, it transpires that there is no proof of receipt in the office of competent authority. That apart, the endorsement made by the office clerk in the application is in the date of 30.12.2005. Such being disputed questions as with regard to the alleged date of filing of the final application of withdrawal of provident fund, this Court would find it expedient in the ends of justice to remit the matter back to the District Provident Fund Officer, Khagaria to look into the matter from the angle as what was the date of filing of application for final withdrawal from the G.P.F. of the petitioner. If it is found that the petitioner had filed his application well within in time in the year 2000 as is claimed on the basis of Annexure-1, he would recalculate 3 the statutory interest, but on the other hand if it is found that such application was filed in the year 2005, he would pass order rejecting the prayer of the petitioner. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. Kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)