IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13961 of 2004 CHANDRA MOHAN THAKUR, son of late Ugraman Thakur, resident of Village – Rataitha, P.S. – Haveli Khadgpur, District – Munger. _________ Petitioner Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR through Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Agriculture Deptt., Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director of Agriculture, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Accountant General, Bihar Birchand Patel Path, Patna. 5. The Chief Secretary, Jharkhand. 6. The District Agriculture Officer, Giridih, Jharkhand. __________ Respondents ----------- 06. 27.02.2009 Petitioner retired from a post of District Agriculture Officer on 31.12.1991. He was posted at Giridih at the relevant time which was the undivided Bihar. After his retirement other retiral dues stands settled by the State of Bihar but he has been running from pillar to post for payment of his GPF amount which has not been settled till date by the respondents. From the affidavits which have come to be filed on behalf of the respondents which includes State of Bihar and State of Jharkhand it seems that petitioner was posted at various places and not all the deductions are available readily. That is one of the reason why the matter could not be resolved till date. In this background liberty was granted to the petitioner to state on oath and give details of the deductions which according to him was made and the details of postings. Same has been brought on record in the supplementary affidavit filed on 6.2.2009 which is annexure-6 to the writ application. Keeping in mind that the petitioner had retired in the year 1991 which was undivided Bihar, responsibility of payment of GPF is - 2 - with the State of Bihar. Since the issue will have to be resolved one way or the other because GPF amount is a claim on which petitioner has right, this writ application is being disposed of with a direction upon the Director, Provident Fund, Bihar that keeping in mind the details furnished by the petitioner contained in annexure-6 he shall do necessary verification and after examining the authenticity of the details of statement made by the petitioner he shall make an endeavour to settle the final dues of the petitioner within a period of six months from the date of communication / production of a copy of this order. Needless to say that the petitioner will be furnished the details of the calculation along with payment within the specified time frame so that he can verify the accounting part of the payment. The writ application stands disposed of with the above direction. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)