Shiuli Das v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

06.05.2026 In the High Court at Calcutta Item no.DL433 Court No. 24 Asraf, A.R.(Ct.) Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 8357 of 2026 In the matter of :

SHIULI DAS ... Petitioner VS.

THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS.

... Respondents For the Petitioner :

Mr. Krishna Pada Santra Ms. Arpita Saha ... Advocates For the Respondent / State :

Mr. Bipin Ghosh ... Advocate 1.

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

2.

The husband of the petitioner was an approved Assistant Teacher of a Secondary School who died-in-harness on 28th April, 2018.

3.

The first pension payment order of the employee concerned was issued on 2nd April, 2019.

4.

Under the Revision of Pay and Allowances Rules, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as "ROPA, 2019"), there was revision of the pension, gratuity and computation of pension of the pensioners vide Memorandum of the Government of West Bengal bearing No. 53/ES/P/P&B/10M-99/2019 dated February 14, 2020 and the revised pension

payment order of the employee concerned under ROPA, 2019 was issued on 18th August, 2025, and in terms thereof, the arrear amount of pension and gratuity was disbursed on 1st September, 2025.

5.

The petitioner in the instant writ petition is claiming that she is entitled to interest for the delayed payment of the said gratuity and arrear pension and is praying issuance of writ of mandamus commanding the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance and the concerned Treasury Officer, the respondents herein, to pay such interest.

6.

Learned advocate for the State-respondents does not oppose the prayer of the petitioner.

7.

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

8.

The aforementioned respondents are, therefore directed to pay interest on the revised gratuity and arrear pension at the rate of 8% per annum from the date of notification of the aforesaid Government order i.e. February 14, 2020 till the date of payment of revised gratuity and arrear pension in terms of the said revised Pension payment order.

9.

The payment, as aforesaid, shall be made within a period of twelve weeks from the date of communication of this order, in default, the said arrears amount shall fetch an additional interest of 2% per annum.

10. With the aforestated directions, the instant writ petition stands disposed of.

11. There shall be no order as to costs.

12. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all necessary formalities.

( Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J. )