IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10178 of 2006 SHYAMENDRA SHARMA, son of late Matukdeo Sharma, resident of village Ikkil, P.S. Makhdumpur, District Jehanabad … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Executive Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department (P.H.E.D.) Division, Jehabanad 3. The District Provident Fund Officer, Jehanabad … Respondents. ----------- 2. 4.5.2010 No one appears for the petitioner. Counsel for the State is present. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application is confined to payment of amount of provident fund alongwith statutory interest. It appears that the petitioner had retired way back on 31st July, 1998 and there seems to be no justifiable reason for withholding the amount of provident fund, especially when the petitioner has been regularly approaching the Collector of Jehanabad District. Counsel for the State is present but in lack of counter affidavit while this Court cannot make any final pronouncement on such claim of the petitioner towards his G.P.F. but then the District Provident Fund Officer, Jehaband as also the Executive 2 Engineer, P.H.E.D., Jehanabad (respondents no. 2 and 3) would be under obligation to look into the said grievance of the petitioner and take a final decision within a period of three months as with regard to entitlement and payment of the amount of provident fund of the petitioner which must be paid alongwith the statutory interest as is permissible in law. The application stands disposed of with the aforementioned observation and direction. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/