Sk Abdul Rouf Ali v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

20th May, 2026 Item no.D/L 14 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 10776 of 2026 In the matter of:

Sk Abdul Rouf Ali .... Petitioners VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioners:

Ms. Susmita Dey (Basu) Mr. Koustav Ghosh ....Advocates

1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record.

2. The petitioner is a retired employee of the Calcutta State Transport Corporation (CSTC). He retired from service on attaining the normal age of superannuation on 28th February, 2025.

3. Allegation is that he has not been paid her provident fund dues under the General Provident Fund Scheme. He received his gratuity and leave encashment at a delayed point of time.

4. Prayer has been made to direct the authority to pay the provident fund dues in its entirety along with interest and to pay interest on account of the delayed payment of gratuity and leave encashment.

5. The dues claimed by the petitioner are all statutory dues and required to be paid immediately on retirement of the employee or soon thereafter. The petitioner retired from service on 28th February, 2025 but his dues have not been paid till date.

6. In view of the above, the instant writ petition stands disposed of by directing the Managing Director, Calcutta State Transport Corporation, to take steps for releasing provident fund dues in full along with interest at the rate of six percent per annum calculated on and from the next date of retirement till the date of actual payment at the earliest but positively within a period of twelve weeks from the date of communication of this order.

7. Interest at the above rate shall also be paid to the petitioner on account of delayed payment of his gratuity and leave encashment.

8. If the dues of the petitioner are not disbursed within the time limit stipulated hereinabove, then additional two percent simple interest, i.e., 6+2=8 percent interest shall be payable to the petitioner.

9. The writ petition stands disposed of.

10. There is no proof of service upon the respondent no.6. Let a copy of the writ petition along with a copy of this order be served upon the respondent no.6 for compliance.

11. The writ petition stands disposed of.

12. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

13. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)