WP(C) 5143/2010 8486BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B. P. KATAKEY Heard Mr S Chouhan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr BJ Ghosh, learned State counsel appearing for the respondent No.1. Also heard Mr C Baruah, learned counsel appearing for the respondent No.2. As agreed to by learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is ta ken up for disposal, at this stage itself. The grievance of the petitioner in the present petition is that though h er husband Pranoy Kumar Das died in harness on 18 July 2009, after rendering nin eteen years of continuous regular service, the retiral benefit that includes the pension and the amount payable towards the general provident fund have not been paid to her. In the backdrop of such assertion of petitioner, learned counsel for res pondent No.2 were directed vide orders dated 17 September 2001 and 7 January 201 1 to obtain necessary instruction. Learned counsel for respondent No.2, placing reliance on affidavit-in-op position filed on 12 January 2011, has submitted that the pension-payment order as well as the gratuity-payment order have been passed by the Accountant General sending a copy thereof to the Treasury Officer, Dispur Treasury, vide covering letter No.Pen 1/D/10/2213 dated 22 December 2010 with a request to make necessar y arrangement for payment of the same, including the arrear family pension to th e petitioner. It has also been submitted that the Under Secretary to the Governm ent of Assam in the Secretariat Administration(Accounts) Department vide authori ty letter No.PFA 10/FP/SAS-10236/10-11/820 dated 9 September 2010 has been autho rized to draw and disburse final amount of Rs.1,15,554/- towards the general pro vident fund to the petitioner. Learned counsel, therefore, submits that the orde rs that are required to be passed by the Accountant General have already been pa ssed with due intimation to the appropriate authority in the State of Assam. Learned State counsel has also submitted that since the amount has alrea dy been sanctioned and the necessary orders have been passed, the amount would b e released forthwith to the petitioner. It appears from the affidavit-in-opposition filed by the respondent No.2 that the authorization for payment of family pension and death-cum-retirement b enefit has been given vide pension-payment order and gratuity-payment order with copy to the Treasury Officer, Dispur Treasury, under covering letter No.Pen 1/D /10/2213 dated 22 December 2010. The Under Secretary to the Government of Assam in the Secretariat Administration (Accounts) Department has also been authorized to make payment of general provident fund amount of Rs.1,15,554/- vide authorit y-letter No.PFA 10/FP/SAS-10236/10-11/820 dated 9 September 2010. Despite issuan ce of such orders and authorization thereof, the aforesaid amounts have not been released to the petitioner till date. That being the position, the present petition is disposed of with a dire ction to respondent no.1 to release the aforesaid amounts to the petitioner with in a fortnight from the day when the certified copy of this order is submitted b efore him by the petitioner. The petitioner shall also submit a certified copy o f this order to Treasury Officer, Dispur Treasury, Guwahati. It would be the res ponsibility of the respondent No.1 to make the payment of such amount to the pet itioner. As regards the group insurance and leave encashment, the respondent No.1 shall pass necessary order and release whatever amount is due and payable to th e petitioner, within 45 days from the date of receipt of a certified copy of thi s order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs.