IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.136 of 2006 ASHA DEVI wife of late Binod Kumar resident of village Dadupur, P.S. Bikram, District Patna. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through Chief Secretary Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Home Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director General and Inspector General of Police Bihar, Patna. 4. The Inspector General of Police (Personal) Bihar, Patna. 5. The Deputy Inspector General of Police (B.M.P.) Central Range, Patna. 6. The Commandant Bihar Military Police-5, Patna. ----------- 5 05.03.2010 Mr. Shiv Shankar Pd. Singh learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Praveen Kumar learned A.C. to S.C. 10 for the State are present. The writ petition was adjourned to enable the petitioner who is a widow of a dismissed employee of the Bihar Military Police to present herself before the respondent No.5, the Commandant who was required to take steps for payment of the post retiral benefits to which she was found entitled. Today, a counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the respondent No.5 and in which it is stated that petitioner had already received an amount of Rs. 41,349/- relating to the G.P.F. amount of her late husband. It is further stated that an amount of Rs. 24,937/- has been 2 paid to the petitioner by Bank Draft No. 351119 dated 10.2.2010 drawn on the S.B.I. towards the group insurance amount of the late husband of the petitioner. It is thus contended that the retiral benefits as admissible to a dismissed employee has since been paid to the petitioner. Having regard to the circumstances that the petitioner’s husband was a dismissed employee of the State Government and thus was not entitled to any pension and gratuity under the provisions of the Bihar Pension Rules and that the admissible retiral benefits towards G.P.F. and group insurance has already been paid to the petitioner, no useful purpose would be served in keeping the writ petition pending, the same is disposed of with the liberty to the petitioner, if so aggrieved by the calculation of the G.P.F. amount and the group insurance amount, to raise her claim before the respondent No.6, the Commandant, Bihar Military Police-5, Patna and who shall consider and dispose of the same in accordance with law. The writ petition is disposed of. Bibhash (Jyoti Saran, J. )