IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1741 of 2009 BRAJESHWARI NANDAN KUMAR, son of late Harbansh Kumar, resident of Village – Marpa Mohan, P.S. Dhaka, District – East Champaran ……. Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Collector, East Champaran, Motihari. 3. The District Provident Fund Officer, East Champaran, Motihari. 4. The Block Development Officer, Tetaria, District – East Champaran. ----------- 02. 04.02.2009 Petitioner retired from the post of Head Assistant, Tetaria Block, in the district of East Champaran on 31.8.1998. Petitioner has been running from pillar to post for payment of his provident fund amount and he has virtually knocked the doors of every official of the district but since nobody has taken cognizance of his request, he has filed the present writ application. Keeping in mind that the petitioner had retired from service more than 10 years ago and payment of GPF is his right to claim , the writ application is disposed of with a direction upon the District Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari that he shall take cognizance of the letter dated 26.12.2008 contained in annexure-4 and thereafter direct the concerned authority to settle the account of GPF of the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of communication / production of a copy of this order. The writ application stands allowed. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J))