BEFORE THE LOK ADALAT HELD AT HIGH COURT PATNA CWJC No.6111 of 2007 Petitioner :PARMANAND SINGH Respondent :THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS Present:- Member(Judicial) :Mr. Justice Mihir Kumar Jha Member(Legal Profession) : Smt. Nivedita Nirvikar, Advocate AWARD The dispute between the parties having been referred for determination to the Lok Adalat and the parties having compromised/ settled the case/matter, the following award is passed in terms of the settlement: In the light of the discussion and deliberation between the parties, the whole dispute has boiled down with regard to only payment of admissible retirement benefit of the writ petitioner, namely, Parmanand Singh who retired on 31st January, 2001 while holding the post of Panchayat Sevak and is also said to have died on 15.6.2009 on the following terms and conditions:- (i) The widow of the writ petitioner Parmanand Singh being also dead the entire admissible retirement benefit on the head of Group Insurance, Leave Encashment, Gratuity and G.P.F. as admissible and payable to the deceased employee, shall be paid within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order to the legal heirs and representatives of Late Parmanand Singh. (ii) Such payment however will only be made when the heirs and legal representatives of Late Parmanand Singh would either produce a succession certificate or an affidavit by all the heirs and legal representatives authorizing any one of them to receive such payment. (iii) The issue of payment of salary of sixty months of Late Parmanand Singh will not be raised by them now onwards before any court and they will be satisfied with the payment of balance amount of retirement benefit payable to the deceased employee strictly in accordance with law. In the light of the aforementioned terms and conditions, the dispute having been resolved in the aforementioned terms stands disposed of. The parties are informed that the court fee, if any, paid by any of them shall be refunded. ___________________ Petitioner/Petitioner's representative) ___________________ Respondent/Respondent's representative) ( Mihir Kumar Jha) (Nivedita Nirvikar), Advocate Member(Judicial) Member(Legal Profession) Date :01-05-2010 (Seal of the Authority)