IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2875 of 2009 ALBINA TIRKI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 03.03.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the respondents. The grievance of the petitioner, the mother of the Victoria Toppo (said to have died on 25.5.1993) is with regard to payment of certain death-cum-retirement benefit of her aforementioned daughter, Victoria Toppo. It appears that initially, the same was not paid to the petitioner(the mother) on the ground of having been some sort of dispute with regard to the succession. In course of time, even this dispute has been resolved and the competent court has already issued a Succession Certificate in favour of the petitioner. That being so, the respondent authorities of the State of Bihar are hereby directed to take a decision as with regard to the entitlement of the death-cum- retirement benefit of Victoria Toppo within a period of three months and also payment in favour of the petitioner in view of the Succession Certificate issued in her favour, in next one month. Whatever amount is found payable to the petitioner in capacity of the mother of Victoria Toppo must be made available to the petitioner - 2 - within the aforementioned period of six months from today. It goes without saying that since amount of provident fund of the Victoria Toppo has remained with the Government/Controlling Authority of the Provident Fund, its payment will have to be made in favour of the petitioner or the successor of the Victoria Toppo along with statutory interest till the date of payment. Bibhash (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)