Rahla Besra v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

jdt. 08.04.2026 jb.

WPA 8118 of 2026 (Rahla Besra vs. State of West Bengal & Ors.) Ms. Sanchayita De .... For the Petitioner Ms. Soumi Guha Thakurta .... For the State The husband of the petitioner was appointed as Karmee of Amdangra Gram Panchayat and died in harness on 10th June, 2016 Subsequently, there was revision of payment of pension and gratuity amount payable to the petitioner under the ROPA Rules, 2019 and revised pension payment order was issued on 3rd August, 2021. The revised gratuity and arrear pension were disbursed in favour of the petitioner on 19th August, 2021. The petitioner has prayed for interest on the revised gratuity and arrear pension amount due to delay in disbursal of the same.

Upon consideration of the submission made on behalf of the parties and material on record, the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, Government of West Bengal and the Treasury Officer, Khatra being the 2nd and 4th respondents herein, are directed to pay interest to the petitioner @ 8% per annum on the revised gratuity and arrear pension amount calculated from 14th February, 2020 till the date of actual payment of the amount.

Such payment shall be made within two months from the date of communication of this order.

With the above observations and directions the writ petition is disposed of.

There shall, however, be no order as to costs. Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the writ petition are deemed not to have been admitted.

Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)