Khedan Poddar v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8874 of 2016 ====================================================== Khedan Poddar Son of Late Bauku Poddar, resident of Village- Dethua, P.S.- Ghanshyampur, District- Darbhanga.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Health, Bihar, Patna.

2. The Director, Health Services, Bihar, Patna.

3. The Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Kishanganj.

4. The Incharge Medical Officer, State Dispensary Padampur, Dighalbank, Kishanganj.

5. The Director, Provident Fund Bihar, Patna.

6. The District Provident Fund Officer, Kishanganj. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Jha For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Ashok Kr. Choudhary- AAG13 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI ORAL ORDER 07-07-2017 Heard learned counsels for the parties.

Let the petitioner file a fresh application before the Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Kishanganj with a copy of this order, who shall verify the authenticity of the claim of the petitioner that the GPF amount has not been released and paid. The verification is required to be doubly made, keeping in mind that the petitioner is a retiree of the year 1997 and the Court fails to understand as to why he will wait for 20 years to claim his GPF, if he had made contribution at all.

If such an application is filed, a decision must be taken and communicated to the petitioner within a period of three

Patna High Court CWJC No.8874 of 2016 (2) dt.07-07-2017 2/2 months from the date thereof.

Writ application stands disposed off with observation / direction as above.

(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) SKM/- U