IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.21362 of 2012

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Phaguni Devi W/O Late Shivnandan Rai Resident Of Village And P.O.

Shitarabad, Chowk Bazar, P.S. Simri Bakhtiyarpur, District Saharsa.

.... .... Petitioner.

Versus

1. The State Of Bihar.

2. The District Magistrate, Madhubani.

3. Circle Officer, Phulparas, Madhubani.

4. District Provident Fund Officer, Madhubani.

5. Accountant General, Patna.

.... .... Respondents.

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Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prabhat Kuamr Singh, Advocate

For the State : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, G.P.21.

For the A.G.Bihar : Mr. Udai Kumar,

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH KUMAR DATTA

ORAL ORDER

2.

18-12-2012.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

counsels for the State and the Accountant General, Bihar.

The petitioner is the widow of a deceased employee

of the State Government who died while in service in the year

1999. She has approached this court for payment of family

pension, gratuity and provident fund amounts which have not

yet been paid after the expiry of about 14 years.

The status of the petitioner as a widow of the

deceased does not appear to be under challenge as she has

already been appointed on compassionate ground after the

death of her husband.

In the aforesaid circumstances, the writ petition is

Patna High Court CWJC No.21362 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012

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disposed of with a direction to the respondents to ensure that

the family pension including the arrears thereof is paid to the

petitioner within a period of four months from today. It is

further directed that the gratuity and provident fund amounts

are paid with statutory interest on G.P.F from the date of

retirement

till

the

actual

payment

is

made

to

the

petitioner/competent legal heir within a period of four months

from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.

ahk/-

(Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)