BEFORE THE LOK ADALAT HELD AT HIGH COURT PATNA CWJC No.8565 of 2007 Petitioner :SMT.HASBAN NISHA 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: After detailed deliberation and discussion between the parties which also include the State Bank of India represented by Mr. S.D. Sanjay, learned counsel usually appearing for the State Bank of India, the entire dispute as railed in this writ application pertaining to payment of retirement benefit and other claims of her deceased husband late Taj Mohammad is resolved in the following terms:- (i) The payment of three months salary for which the competent authorities of the State Government have already issued cheque worth Rs. 53,000/- which has been deposited in account no. 0001190040445 in the State Bank of India, Main Branch, Ara in the joint account of late Taj Mohammad and the petitioner in which the petitioner is also nominee, shall be paid to the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order without insisting for furnishing indemnity bond or any other security bond. (ii) The petitioner gives up her claim for ACP of Tej Mohammad in lieu of an undertaking of the respondents to pay other retirement benefit immediately within a period of three months from the date receipt of the copy of this order. (iii) Each and every retirement benefit of late Taj Mohammad if not already paid to the employee or his wife and petitioner must be paid along with statutory interest (in case of G.P.F.) and interest of 5% as per Government Circular from the other amount within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. (iv) Payment of arrear of pension and/or family pension will be paid to the petitioner even without waiting for other payments in a period of one month from the date of this order and it is undertaken on behalf of the Collector of the Bhojpur district that the family pension to the petitioner from May, 2010 shall be paid regularly without fail. Matter is disposed of on the aforementioned agreed terms and conditions. 2 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)