SARBESHWAR SINGH SARDAR Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Prayer in this writ application has been made for directing the respondents to furnish a copy of the calculation chart of the General Provident Fund Account of the petitioner and also to pay the balance of the G.P.F. amount along with up to date statutory interest.

(2.) THE petitioner was employed as Trained Stockman in the office of the District Animal Husbandry Officer, Dumka on 22.07.1958 and he was allotted a Provident Fund Account No. VA -22657 by the Accountant General, Bihar. The Account Number was subsequently changed as Vet3255 and later on again to SGB/Vet 98.

(3.) THOUGH no counter affidavit has been filed, but from the perusal of the annexures to the writ application, it does appear that the petitioner was employed in the office of Animal Husbandry Officer in the district of West Singhbhum and had superannuated in the year 1995. It also appears from the annexures that though part payment of the G.P.Fund was made to him, but the payment for the years 1981 -82 has not been given and further, though the G.P.Fund amount has been paid for the year 1992 to 1995, but no statutory interest has been paid for such delayed payment. It also appears that inspite of repeated demands of the petitioner, the statement of his G.P.Fund account has not been furnished to him, inspite of the directions of the Accountant General to the concerned District Provident Fund Officer.