IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8197 of 2008 KAMESHWAR MISHRA, son of Late Nand Kishore Mishra, resident of Mohalla Professor Colony, Gali No.-1, Tajpur Road, District Samastipur. ---Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Commissioner cum Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Department of Agriculture, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Director, General Provident Fund, Department of Finance, Bihar, Patna. 5. The District Magistrate, Madhubani. 6. The District Provident Fund Officer, Madhubani. 7. The District Agriculture Officer, Madhubani. 8. The Block Development Officer, Rahika Block, Madhubani. ---Respondents ----------- 12. 11.11.2009 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The grievance of the petitioner is with regard to the payment of provident fund dues. It is submitted that respondent no.6 while calculating the amount of provident fund dues payable to the petitioner has not correctly calculated the same, which resulted in payment of short amount. Learned counsel further submitted that the deductions were made from the salary of the petitioner and deposited in the provident fund account, as would be appearing from the chart showing such deduction, vide Annexure 3 to the supplementary affidavit. The learned counsel appearing for the respondent- State submits that in case the petitioner files a representation stating clearly the grievances with regard to the payment of provident fund dues, the same shall be considered without delay. 2 In the above circumstances, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of the aforesaid grievances, the petitioner proposes to file a representation before the District Provident Fund Officer, Madhubani (respondent no.6). In case such a representation is filed stating distinctly the unpaid claims of the provident fund dues as also enclosing the copy of the relevant documents, if any, in support of such claims along with the certified copy of the present order within a period of six weeks, respondent no.6 shall consider the grievances of the petitioner with regard to the payment of provident fund dues. Upon consideration, if the representation of the petitioner is accepted, the admissible balance provident fund dues with statutory interest shall be paid to the petitioner in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation. In case the claim of the petitioner is found not admissible, respondent no.6 shall inform the petitioner with the reasons thereof. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)