IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9683 of 2011 Neelam Das, Wife of Late Dr. Sheo Dayal Das, Resident of Village Kamalpur, P.O. Khanpur, Via Dighwara, P.S. Avtarnagar, District Saran at present C/o Shri Shambhu Sharan, Quarter No.182, M.I.G., Lohia Nagar, Kankarbagh, Patna, P.S. Kankarbagh, District & Town Patna. ... ... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Under Secretary, Department of Health, Government of Bihar. 4. The Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Bhagalpur. 5. The Incharge Medical Officer, Sadar Hospital, Bhagalpur. 6. The District Provident Fund Officer, Bhagalpur. 7. The Accountant General (A & E), Bihar. ... ... Respondents. ----------- 2. 24.6.2011. Heard Shri Bibhakar Tiwary, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Pankaj Kumar Sinha, learned A.C. to A.A.G.13, who appears on behalf of respondent nos.1 to 6 and Shri Kumar Priya Ranjan, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no.7/Accountant General. With the consent of all the parties, the writ petition is being disposed of at the stage of admission itself. The petitioner’s husband died in harness on 28.7.2008, while functioning as Medical Officer, Sadar Hospital, Bhagalpur. 2 Despite the fact that husband of the petitioner died in the year 2008, till date, she has not received death-cum- retiral dues of her husband nor the respondent/State had taken any step to fix the family pension. In view of the facts and circumstances, the writ petition stands allowed directing the respondents, particularly respondent nos.3 and 4 to take immediate steps for issuance of sanction regarding death-cum-retiral dues of husband of the petitioner and also issue sanction order after fixing family pension within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The respondent no.6/District Provident Fund Officer, Bhagalpur is directed to take all steps so that the petitioner may get payment of Provident Fund amount of her husband within six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is expected that after receipt of the sanction order from the State authority, the respondent no.7/Accountant General will issue authorization within four weeks from 3 the date of receipt of the sanction. It is made clear that petitioner shall be entitled to get admissible statutory interest on delayed payment. N.H./ ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)