Swapna Majumder v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

12.04.2023 Item No.123 Court No.18 AJ.

W.P.A. 5840 of 2023 Swapna Majumder -Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sudip Sarkar.

......for the petitioner.

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

None appears on behalf of the State respondents in spite of service.

The petitioner was an approved Assistant Headmaster of a secondary school and retired from her service on superannuation on January 31, 2020.

The Pension Payment Order of the petitioner was issued on June 24, 2022 in pursuance whereof she received the gratuity and the arrear Pension on June 29, 2022.

In the instant writ petition the prayer of the petitioner is a writ of mandamus be issued commanding the respondents to pay interest on the said amount of arrear pension and gratuity 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 arrear amount of pension and gratuity 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. 5840 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.)