1. Heard Mr. Vishwanath Ram, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Shailendra Kumar Jha, Assistant Counsel to S.C. 9 for the State.

2. The petitioner, who is the son of late Guneshwar Kamat, has filed the writ petition for payment of the balance amount of the provident fund of his late father, together with up-to-date statutory interest calculated from the date the same became due until the date of its payment.

3. The father of the petitioner died- in-harness On 23.1.1988 while working on a substantive postof Assistant Fitter-2. It is admitted that the petitioner was paid an amount of Rs. 18,640/- on 12.2.1998 said to be towards the provident fund dues of his late father together with statutory interest accrued thereon.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that he was entitled to further amount for the reason that although the said dues became payable to the dependants of late Guneshwar Kamat, consequent upon his death on 23.1.1988 but the same was paid after a lapse of more than 10 years on 12.2.1998 and thus he was entitled to interest from the date of death of his father on 23.1.1988 until the date of payment. A calcul