IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16631 of 2011 Suresh Prasad Singh, Son of Late Dahu Prasad, Resident of Village – Paingari, P.S. – Warsaliganj, District – Nawada………. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Water Resources Deptt., Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Under Secretary, Water Resources Deptt., Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer, Water Resources Deptt., Patna. 4. The Chief Engineer, Water Resources Deptt., Muzaffarpur. 5. The Finance Deptt. through the Director, Provident Fund, Pant Bhawan, Patna. 6. The Executive Engineer, Trihut Canal Division No. 1, Water Resources Deptt., Muzaffarpur. 7. The Executive Engineer, Dhaka, Canal Monitoring Division, Dhaka, Motihari. 8. The Superintending Engineer, Monitoring and Design, Circle, Biharsarif, Nalanda. 9. The District Provident Officer, Muzaffarpur. 10. The District Provident Fund Officer, Biharsharif, Nalanda. 11. The Treasury Officer, Nawada. 12. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. …………….. Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 21.09.2011 Heard Sri Rajendra Kishore, who was assisted by Sri Vishwanath Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri S.R. Sharan, learned AC to Additional Advocate General No. 5, who appears on behalf of the Respondent Nos. 1 to 11 and Sri S.M. Ehtesham, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondent No. 12 /Accountant General, Bihar, Patna.. In the present writ petition a limited prayer has been made to direct the Respondents particularly the Respondent No. 5 to release his provident fund amount with admissible statutory interest. The petitioner had retired on 31.01.2011 as ‘Assistant Engineer’ from Water Ways Circle, Water Resources Department, Biharsharif at Nalanda. 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that after retirement all other retiral dues have been paid but only amount under the head of GPF has not been paid. In view of the facts and circumstances, the court is of the opinion that the writ petition can be allowed at this stage. Accordingly, same is allowed, with a direction to the Respondent No. 5/Finance Department through Director, Provident Fund, Patna, to take all steps for payment of GPF amount 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.)