IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6092 of 2006 Barauni Refinery Retired Employees Welfare Society Nawal Bhawan, Laharpur, P.O. Oil Refinary, Begusarai through its President Nawal Kishore Prasad Singh son of Late Ram Khelawan Singh, resident of village Bihat, P.O. Bihat, District Begusarai … … Petitioner Versus 1. The Union Of India through the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum, Government of India, New Delhi 2. The Indian Oil Corporation Limited through its Chairman, Scope Complex Core-2,7 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003 3. The Director Refineries, Pipe Line Division, Scope Complex Core- 2,7 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003 4. Chief Provident Fund Commissioner, Bhavisya Nidhi Bhawan,14 Bhikhajee Cama Place, New Delhi- 110066 5. The Executive Director, Barauni Oil Refinery P.O. and P.S. Barauni Oil Refinery District Begusarai 6. The Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, 1st Floor, New Vakalatkhana Bhawan, Court Compound Muzaffarpur Respondents ----------- For the Petitioner :M/s Ashok Kumar & Radha Mohan Pandey, Advocates For the Respondent nos. 2,3 :M/s K.N. Gupta & Satyendra Krishna Prasad, Advocates For the Respondent nos. 4 and 6 :Mr. R.S. Pradhan, Sr. Advocate 03/ 31.03.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Employees Provident Fund Organisation and Indian Oil Corporation (Barauni Refinery). 2. Petitioner is an Employee Welfare Society consisting of retired personnel of the Indian Oil Corporation (Barauni Refinery Unit). The members of the Welfare Society superannuated between 1.4.1993- 15.11.1995 i.e. before coming into force of the 2 Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme). 3. This writ petition has been filed for a direction to the authorities of the Barauni Refinery and the Provident Fund Organisation to consider the claim of the members of the Welfare Society for grant of pensionary benefit in the light of the provisions of the Scheme. 4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that for becoming the members of the Scheme, the members of the Welfare Society had duly applied and submitted their application form to their Employer. 5. Aforesaid submission is being refuted by the counsel for the Indian Oil Corporation, as he states that the names of the members of the Welfare Society have not been indicated in the petition, as such, it is difficult for the Indian Oil Corporation to confirm which of the members of the petitioner-society had applied for being inducted as members of the Scheme. 6. Counsel for the Provident Fund Organisation submitted that the submission made in the petition can be verified if the members of the petitioner- society file individual application before the Assistant Provident Fund 3 Commissioner, Muzaffarpur, Respondent no.6, who shall seek report on the individual application from the Employer Brauni Refinery and thereafter pass appropriate order in the matter. 7. Having heard counsel for the parties, I direct the President and the General Secretary of the Welfare Society to instruct its individual members, who have superannuated between 1.4.1993- 15.11.1995 to file their individual application before the Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Muzaffarpur, Respondent no.6 for grant of pension in the light of the Scheme and the Respondent no.6 having received the application shall seek appropriate report from the Employer i.e. the Management of the Barauni Refinery and pass appropriate orders, as early as possible, in any case within three months from the date of receipt of the application along with a copy of this order. 8. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)