IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7443 of 2008 Bhogendra Thakur , S/O Jiwanand Thakur, Rtd. Panchayat Sewak, Balha, Tole Munharaba, Post-Balha Via-Janakpur Road, Sitamarhi, Bihar ----- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat,Patna,Bihar 2. The Divisional Commissioner, Muzaffarpur Division, Muzaffarpur 3. The District Magistrate, Sitamarhi, Bihar 4. The Block Development Officer, Sursand Block, Sitamarhi, Bihar 5. The Director, Provident Fund , Finance Department, Patna,Bihar 6. The District Provident Fund Officer, Sitamarhi, Bihar ----------------- Respondents ---------------------------------- 02 26-09-2011 Heard Sri Bimlesh Kumar Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri A.C. Jha, learned A.C. to Standing Counsel no.4, who appears on behalf of the Respondent/State. The present writ petition was initially filed with a prayer to direct the Respondents to make payment of pension as well as payment of remaining amount of G.P.F. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that now the grievance in respect of payment of pension has already been redressed and the G.P.F. amount has also been paid, but interest on delayed payment of G.P.F. has not been paid by the Respondent no.5. It was submitted that the G.P.F. amount was authorized long back in the year 2004, but from the counter affidavit filed on behalf of Respondent no.4 / the Block Development Officer, Sursand, it is evident that due to some unavoidable circumstances, payment could not be made and thereafter, the Provident Fund Officer was asked to re-validate the 2 payment order of G.P.F. of the petitioner vide letter no.836 dated 17.08.2005 and after re-validation, payment was made on 28.02.2006. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for such delay, the petitioner was entitled to get interest. The Court is also of the opinion that on delayed payment of G.P.F. amount, the petitioner was entitled to get interest. However, in absence of any specific averment, it would be difficult to direct the authority concerned to make payment of the interest amount on delayed payment of G.P.F. The petitioner is granted liberty to file a detailed representation regarding the claim of interest on delayed payment before Respondent nos.4 and 6 within a period of six weeks from today. If such representation is filed by the petitioner, both the Respondents are required to examine the same and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of filing of such representation. If the Respondents aforesaid consider the claim of the petitioner as genuine, in that event the interest on delayed payment must be paid to the petitioner within the aforesaid period. Even in case of refusal, both the Respondents i.e. Respondent nos. 4 and 6 are required to pass speaking order and communicate the same to the petitioner within three months from the date of filing of such representation. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)