Pranab Sarkar v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

04.08.2023 Item No.125 Court No.18 SK W.P.A. 352 of 2023 Pranab Sarkar -Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Biswajit Mal ......for the petitioner.

Affidavit-of-service filed by the learned advocate for the petitioner be kept with the record.

In spite of service none appears on behalf of the State-respondents.

The petitioner was an approved Non-Teaching Staff (Librarian) of a secondary school and retired from his said service on superannuation on February 29, 2020.

The Pension Payment Order of the petitioner was issued on October 07, 2020 in pursuance whereof he received the gratuity and the arrear Pension on January 04, 2021.

The petitioner is praying that a writ of mandamus be issued commanding the respondents to pay interest on the said amount of gratuity and the arrear pension for the delayed payment.

It is now well settled that the petitioner is entitled to the interest, as prayed for.

The respondents, the concerned Treasury Officer in particular are, therefore, directed to pay interest @ 8% per annum on the gratuity and the

arrear amount of pension from the date of retirement of the petitioner till the date of such payment. The payment as aforesaid shall be made within the period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order, in default the said arrear amount shall fetch an additional interest of 2% per annum.

W.P.A. 352 of 2023 stands disposed of with the above directions. There shall be no order as to costs. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Biswajit Basu, J.)