IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8215 of 2005 RANJEETA DEVI wife of late Manoranjan Rai, resident of village Bharso P.S. Parbatta District Khagaria. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The District Magistrate cum Collector Sheikhpura. 3. The Deputy Collector Incharge (confidential) Sheikhpura. 4. The Block Development officer Barbigha P.S. Barbigha District Shekhpura. 5. the District Provident Fund Officer, Munger cum Shekhpura 6. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. ----------- 3 19.02.2010 Heard Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Sharma learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, Mr. Ashutosh Singh, A.C. to G.P.8 for the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Accountant General. The petitioner who is the widow of late Manoranjan Rai who died in harness on 10.8.2002 while holding the post of Panchayat Sevak, had filed the writ petition for payment of the G.P.F. as admissible to her late husband. A further prayer was made for fixation of family pension. A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the Accountant General and in which it is stated that the family pension of the petitioner has since been authorized on 2 12.2.2004 in the revised scale. Having regard to the circumstances that the matter has remained pending since the year 2005 and counter affidavit has not yet been filed in the case, this writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondent Nos. 4 and 5, the Block Development Officer, Barbigha, District Sheikhpura and the District Provident Fund Officer, Munger cum Sheikhpura to ensure the payment of the G.P.F. amount relating to the husband of the petitioner together with up-to-date statutory interest admissible thereon within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, if the said amounts have not yet been paid to the petitioner. The writ petition is disposed of. Bibhash (Jyoti Saran, J.)