IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19570 of 2011 Ram Sakal Singh, S/o Late Ramanand Singh, Resident of Village – Tal, P.O. – Sihari, P.S. – Hastura, Distt. – Aurangabad (Bihar) a retired Headmaster master of Sri Banbhatt Rajkiya Madhya Vidyalaya, Bandhu Bigha (Haspura) Distt. – Aurangabad. ………. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through its Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Director, The Directorate of General Provident Fund Bihar, Pant Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Aurangabad (Bihar). 4. The District Superintendent of Education, Aurangabad. 5. The Distt. Provident Fund Officer, Aurangabad (Bihar). 6. The Block Area Education Officer, Haspura, Distt. – Aurangabad. ……. Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 11.11.2011 Heard Sri Aditya Narayan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Shashank Shekhar Jha, learned A.C. to Government Pleader No. 22, appearing on behalf of all the respondents. At the very outset a prayer was made by learned counsel for the state to adjourn the case for obtaining instruction and filing counter affidavit. The petitioner had retired on 31.01.2010 as ‘headmaster’ Banbhatt Rajya Madhya Vidyalaya Anchal – Haspura, District-Aurangabad. It has been claimed that entire amount of G.P.F. of the petitioner has not been paid to the petitioner. It has been categorically stated that an amount of Rs. 9,24,199/- was lying into the account (A/c) of the petitioner under the head of G.P.F. but authorization for an amount of 6,39,127/- has been made that too at belated stage on 19.01.2011 vide ‘Annexure -3’ to the writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that 2 ‘Annexure -2’ itself makes it clear that additional amount was still lying outstanding under the head of G.P.F. In view of the fact that total amount of G.P.F. has not been paid to the petitioner despite the fact that the petitioner retired on 31.01.2010, the court is of the opinion that the writ petition can be disposed of without keeping the matter further pending with a direction to respondent no. 4 & 5 / District Superintendent of Education, Aurangabad and District Provident Fund Officer, Aurangabad, to take all steps to make payment of remaining amount of G.P.F. along with admissible statutory interest within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order. The writ petition stands allowed. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)