IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14203 of 2006 Smt.Dharam Shila Devi, W/o Late Dinesh Chandra Rai, Resident of Village Rampur, P.S. Rajpur, District Buxar. ------------ Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Bhabhua (at Kaimur). 3. Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. 4. Treasury Officer, Buxar, P.O., P.S. & District Buxar. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Minor Irrigation Department, Government of Bihar, Kaimur. ------------ Respondents ----------- 2 04.05.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State as also Accountant General. The husband of the petitioner was a Clerk in the Minor Irrigation Department, Bhabua (Kaimur) who had entered in service in the year 1979 and had died on 9.11.1986 i.e. after seven years of service. The petitioner’s main grievance seems to be for payment of amount of G.P.F. deduction as also retirement benefit. From the materials on record, it becomes clear that certain order for family pension was issued by the office of the Accountant General and pursuant thereto, the petitioner also started receiving payment thereof. As with regard to payment of the amount of Group Provident Fund, there seems to 2 be some hitch, inasmuch as, there is no account number of the husband of the petitioner available and subsequently, an account number has been generated for ensuring payment of the amount of G.P.F. as would appear from the contents of the letter of the District Provident Fund Officer, Rohtas at Sasaram dated 30.8.2007 (Annexure-A). In that view of the matter, this Court would direct the Superintending Engineer, Minor Irrigation Department of the Government of Bihar at Kaimur as also the District Provident Fund Officer, Kaimur to ensure that whatever amount by way of retirement benefit including the amount of G.P.F. is admissible and payable to the petitioner on account of her being widow of the deceased employee late Dinesh Chandra Rai, must be paid to her within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With the aforementioned observations and direction, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)