Smt. Munni Devi Sachan v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Health and Family Welfare, Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4152 of 2023 Petitioner :- Smt. Munni Devi Sachan Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Health And Family Welfare, Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gayatri Singh,Tripuresh Narayan Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Anurag Srivastava Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.

¶1Heard Tripuresh Narayan Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Anurag Srivastava, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No.4 and Shri Jogendra Nath Verma, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State-respondents.

¶2Dr. Awadhesh Kumar Yadav, Chief Medical Officer, District-Barabanki is present in the Court today.

¶3The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking following reliefs:- "(i) Issue a writ of Mandamus thereby directing the respondent release the entire GPF amount i.e. Rs.9,64,837/- alongwith the interest @18% p.a. and any other pending dues.

(ii) Issue a writ of Mandamus thereby directing the respondent to pay the interest on the amount due to the petitioner till the date of actual payment.

(iii) Issue a writ of Mandamus thereby directing the respondent to pay damages/compensation to the petitioner for causing harassment as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper.

(iv)..."

¶4Shri Jogendra Nath Verma, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents on the basis of instructions submits that amount of Rs.9,09,918/- has been paid in the account of the petitioner today which is 90% of the General Provident Fund (hereinafter referred to as "GPF") amount. He further submits that the 10% remaining GPF amount of the petitioner shall be calculated and paid to her within a period of two months.

¶5As there is substantial delay on the part of the respondents in making the payment of GPF amount inasmuch as the petitioner got retired from service on 30.09.2017. The petitioner should be paid remaining amount of her GPF alongwith interest @8% per annum on delayed payment of her GPF amount within a period of two months from today.

¶6With the aforesaid observations/directions, the present petition finally stands disposed of. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) Order Date :- 11.7.2023 Piyush/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench