l> ^y;" s> ..'''''\^Y'\^ " ^••"^" .-••' 81 ^•'^ ^- IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR W.P.(SINO. ^37^ 72009 4» PETITIONER Maheshwar Prasad Tiwari S/o Late shri P.P Tiwari, Aed about 74 'years, R/o Masanganj, Kaushikbada, Bilaspur-(C.G.) VERSUS RESPONDENT The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Press Complex, Rajbandha Mandir, Raipur-(C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FOR ISSUANCE OF A WRIT IN THE NATURE OF MANDAMUS, PROHIBITION, CERTIORARI ETC. OR ANY OTHER DIRECTION OR ORDER TO DO JUSTICE IN THE MATTER <^. HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR WRIT^PETJT10NISLN0^370J3F^OQ9 PETITIONER Maheshwar Prasad Tiwari RESPONDENT Versus The Regional Commissioner Provident Fund (Writ petition underArticle 226 ofthe Constitution of India) Single Bench : Hon'ble Shri Satish K. Agnihotri, J. Present:- Shri Sunil Otwani, counsel for the petitioner. Shri Pradeep Saxena, counsel forthe respondent. ORDER (ORAL) (Passed on this 18th day of September, 2009) 1. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the parties, the petition is heard finally. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner retired from his sen/ice on 31-12-1988 while working with M/s Apollo Steets Pvt. Ltd., Tifra, Bilaspur. The petitioner, thereafter, made an application before the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, at that time, at Indore for grant of provident fund amount. Learned counsel further submits that after bifurcation of the erstwhile State of Madhya Pradesh, the new office of Regional Provident Fund Commissioner has been created in the State of Chhattisgarh and at present situated at Press Complex, Rajbandha Maidan, Raipur. 3. Shri Otwani, learned counsel submits that the application of the petitioner for grant of provident fund is pending since 1996. It is very difficult for a retired old man to go to Indore and pursue his pending application. Even otherwise since the petitioner retired from Bilaspur, which now falls within the territorial jurisdiction of Raipur, the respondent may be directed to requisite all the records in respect of the petitioner's case from Indore to Raipur and decide the same as expeditiously as possible. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent submits that if an application is made by the petitionerwithin a stipulated time the same shall be considered to take appropriate steps for disposal of the case * at the earliest. In view of foregoing, according to learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, nothing survives in this petition for adjudication. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. However, having regard to the fact that the matter is pending since 1996 in the office at Indore and the petitioner is aged about 74 years, the respondent is directed to take appropriate steps and dispose of the case of the petitioner, in accordance with law and on its own merits, expeditiously. Gowri Sd/- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge