BEFORE THE LOK ADALAT HELD AT HIGH COURT PATNA CWJC No.5598 of 2008 Petitioner :CHANDRAKALA CHAUDHARY 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 issue with regard to payment of certain remaining retirement benefit of deceased employee, late Suryadeo Chaudhary, holding the post of V.L.W., who had retired in the year 1991 and had died in the year, 2002, is sought to amicably resolved in the following terms and conditions:- (i) The payment of retirement benefit would be made to his heirs and legal representatives on production of either a succession certificate or an affidavit by all the legal heirs and representative authorizing any of them to receive such payment within a period of three months from the date receipt of this order. (ii) The payment of such retirement benefit will be confined to any amount which was not paid either to the deceased employee himself or to his wife writ petitioner, namely, Chandrakala Chaudhary who is also said to have died on 19.11.2009 during the pendency of this writ application. (iii) The amount of such retirement benefit which has already been made to either the deceased employee or to his wife, late Chandrakala Chaudhary, would only be informed by the Collector cum District Magistrate, Begusarai which would not be claimed by the heirs and legal representative of late Suryadeo Chaudhary. In view of the aforesaid agreed terms and conditions and the dispute being already resolved, this case is disposed of. 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)