IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9420 of 2007 Ramchandra PrasadS/O Late Hari Raut, resident of Village- Manjhauli, P.O. Bhuyapur, Via- Athamalgola, P.S. Belchhi, District- Patna --------------------------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. District Education Officer, Patna 3. District General Provident Fund Officer, Patna 4. Head Master-cum- Drawing and Disbursing Officer, High School, Sikandra, Post-Fatehpur, Via, Athamalgola, District-Patna ------------------------ Respondents. ----------- 02 27-06-2011 Heard Sri Binay Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. In this case, no counter affidavit has been filed till date, whereas the writ petition was filed in the year 2007 after serving a copy of the writ petition on learned counsel for the State. The petitioner, who retired in the year 2004 as Orderly (Adeshpal) from Government High School, Sikandra, Barh ,Patna, has prayed for directing the Respondents to pay full and final amount of G.P.F. with statutory interest till the date of final payment. It was submitted that some amount of G.P.F. was paid to the petitioner. It was submitted that the petitioner has filed number of representations, but all efforts went in vein. In paragraph-10 of the writ petition, it has been stated that Rs. 3499.77 was deducted from the salary of the petitioner for depositing in the account of G.P.F. amount. However, the said amount has not been paid to the petitioner till date. It has further been stated in paragraph-4 of the writ petition that after retirement, the petitioner has submitted all the relevant documents including final withdrawal Form for payment of G.P.F. amount within time before the competent authority. 2 In view of facts and circumstances, particularly the fact that writ petition was filed in the year 2007 and no counter affidavit has been filed till date, there is no reason to keep the matter further pending awaiting response of Respondents. Accordingly, the writ petition stands allowed directing the Respondents, particularly Respondent no.3, to take all steps for making payment of full and final amount of G.P.F. with admissible statutory interest within a period of one month from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J. )