IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18650 of 2011 Bishwanath Prasad, Son of Sri Ram Chandra Ram, Resident of Mohalla – C/o Shiv Dhayan Singh, Sundri Sadan (1st Floor), Jagat Narayan Road, Patna, P.S. – Kadamkuan, District – Patna. ……….. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary, Home Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Deputy Secretary, Home Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The I.G. Prison, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5. The Jail Superintendent, Mandal Kara, Samastipur District – Samastipur. ……….. Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 21.10.2011 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to make correction in paragraph no. 4(d) of the writ petition to the extent of correcting the word ‘L.I.C.’ as ‘group insurance’. At the very outset, Sri Sanjay Kumar Giri, learned A.C. to Government Pleader No. 26, has raised preliminary objection on the point that the relief sought for in paragraph no. 4 (a), 4(b) & 4(c) is relating to an order which has been passed in a departmental proceeding and as such this relief cannot be covered as ‘retiral dues’. Learned counsel for the petitioner in view of objection raised by learned counsel for State confines the present writ petition so far as relief mentioned in paragraph 4(d) & 4(e) of the writ petition. It was submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that for quashing of ‘Annexure – 1’ as well as for the relief made in paragraph no. 4(a), 4(b) & 4(c), the petitioner may be granted liberty to file separate petition. Prayer is allowed. 2 The petitioner, who retired during the pendency of a departmental proceeding on 30.09.2008 as ‘Jail Superintendent’, Mandal Kara, Samastipur, has prayed for directing the respondents to make payment of amount of G.P.F. & group insurance with admissible statutory interest. In the departmental proceeding punishment order was passed vide Annexure 1 in which 50% pension was directed to be forfeited. In view of the facts and circumstances, particularly the fact that even after departmental proceeding no order has been passed in respect of G.P.F. and group insurance amount, the court is of the opinion that writ petition can be allowed by directing the respondents to make payment of admissible amount of G.P.F. and group insurance along with admissible statutory interest. Accordingly, the writ petition stands allowed directing respondents to pay the admissible G.P.F. amount as well as group insurance 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.)