IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8079 of 2026 ====================================================== Shailendra Kumar Sinha Son of Late Sahdeo Prasad Sinha, Resident of village and Post- Amba, P.S.- Shahkund, District- Bhagalpur, Bihar, retired Officer of Bihar State Agro Industries Development Corporation, Mithapur, Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. Additional Central Commissioner of Employees Provident Fund Organisation R- Block, Road No.- 6, Patna- 800001. 2. Regional Commissioner of Employees Provident Fund Organisation, R- Block, Road No.- 6, Patna- 800001. 3. The Secretary, Agriculture -Cum- Chairman, Bihar State Agro Industries Development Corporation, Krishi Bhawan, Mithapur, Patna- 800001. 4. The Joint Secretary, Agriculture -Cum- Managing Director, Bihar State Agro Industries Development Corporation, Krishi Bhawan Mithapur, Patna- 800001. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raj Dular Sah, Advocate For the EPFO : Mr. Rajiv Kumar Verma, Sr. Advocate Mr. Avinash Chandra, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prashant Sinha, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 18-08-2026 Heard Mr. Raj Dular Sah, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner; Mr. Rajiv Kumar Verma, learned senior counsel assisted by Mr. Avinash Chandra, learned counsel for the EPFO and Mr. Prashant Sinha, learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner in paragraph no. 1 of the present writ petition has sought, inter alia, the following relief(s), which are reproduced hereinafter:- "1. That this writ application is being filed for issuane of an appropriate writ/writs, direction/directions commanding the respondent authorities to pay the amount Patna High Court CWJC No.8079 of 2026(4) dt.18-08-2026 2/2 of Provident Fund with interest and to fix pension further to pay arrear of pension without further loss of time." 3. Learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of E.P.F.O. informs this Court that steps have already been taken in accordance with law to make payment to the petitioner, who has retired in the year 2008, once the deduction statements are received from the year 1990 to 2008, within a period of four weeks. He further informs that contribution amount has been received in the year 2023, which is also substantiated by the information contained in paragraph no. 17 of the writ petition. 4. Considering the aforesaid information that petitioner will be paid after calculating the interest on account of delay in making payment and in that regard, exercise will be completed within a period of four weeks, this Court will go by the information given to this Court by the learned senior counsel with an expectation that the petitioner will not be further harassed on account of his entitlement to receive the amount of provident fund after his retirement. 5. Accordingly, the present writ petition stands disposed of. Niraj/- (Purnendu Singh, J) U