IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18056 of 2011 Ramashish Singh son of Late Saryug Singh, Resident of Village Kuari, Madan, P.S. Mejorganj, District Sitamarhi. ... ... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Minor Irrigation Dept., Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. Engineer in-Chief, Department of Minor Irrigation, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer, Minor Irrigation Munger. 4. The Superintending Engineer, Minor Irrigation Department, Munger. 5. The Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division, Jhajha, Munger. 6. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. 7. The District Provident Fund Officer, Munger. ... ... Respondents. ---------------------------------- 4. 17.10.2011. Heard Shri Bhagya Narain Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner and Miss Shilpi Keshari, learned A.C. to A.A.G.11, who appears on behalf of the respondent/State. The petitioner, who retired long back on 28.2.1998 as Work Inspector from the office of respondent no.5/Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division, Jhajha, Munger, has prayed for directing the respondents, particularly respondent no.7/The District Provident Fund Officer, Munger to immediately make payment of amount of G.P.F. along with admissible statutory interest. Learned counsel for the petitioner 2 has drawn my attention to Annexure-4 to the writ petition and submits that though petitioner retired in the year 1998, the respondent no.5 has made communication to the respondent no.7/District Provident Fund Officer, Munger in the month of April,2010 for clearing the payment under the head of G.P.F. Even after issuance of said communication, the respondent no.7 has not taken any step to redress the grievance of the petitioner and payment has not been made. In view of the facts and circumstances, the writ petition stands allowed directing the respondents, particularly respondent no.7 to make payment of the amount of G.P.F. to the petitioner within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order along with admissible statutory interest. N.H./ ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)