IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19575 of 2011 Smt. Sadhana Devi, Wife of Late Anil Kumar Verma, Resident of Village- Kakan, P.S. and District Jamui. ……….. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Divisional Commissioner, Munger Division, Munger. 2. The District Magistrate, Jamui. 3. The District Provident Fund Officer, Munger. 4. The Block Development Officer, Sono, District – Jamui. 5. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. …….. Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 11.11.2011 Heard Sri Shivendra Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. Archana Sinha, learned A.C. to Standing Counsel No. 12, who appears on behalf of respondent no. 1 to 4 / State of Bihar. The petitioner’s husband died on 01.01.2007 as ‘Panchayat Sewak’ while he was posted as Jhajha. It was submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that after death of her husband the petitioner has received all other death-cum-retiral dues and she is getting family pension also. However, amount under the head of G.P.F. has not been paid till date despite the fact that the petitioner approached the authority concerned on several occasions. Neither any decision has been taken till date on her representation nor payment has been made. Smt. Archana Sinha at the very outset has made a prayer to adjourn the case for seeking instruction and filing counter affidavit. The present writ petition was filed on 09.11.2011 after serving copy on learned counsel for the state. 2 In view of the facts and circumstances of the present case, the court is of the opinion that the writ petition can be allowed at this stage even without any counter affidavit directing the respondents particularly respondent no. 3 / District Provident Fund Officer, Munger, to take all steps for making payment of G.P.F. amount of husband of the petitioner to the petitioner within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order along with admissible statutory interest. The writ petition stands allowed. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)