Buddhadeb Paul v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

In the High Court at Calcutta 18-06-2026 Item No.5 Subrata Bhattacharyya AR(C) Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA No.11827 of 2026 In the matter of:

Buddhadeb Paul .... Petitioner -vsThe State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioner:

Ms. Susmita Dey (Basu) Mr. Kaustav Ghosh Mr. Antarik Dawn ....Advocates For C.S.T.C.:

Mr. N.C. Bihani, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Soumyajit 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 30th April 2025.

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

4. Prayer has been made to pay the provident fund dues in its entirety and interest on account of the delayed payment of gratuity.

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 30th April 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 of the petitioner in full at the earliest but positively within a period of twelve weeks from the date of communication of this order.

7. As the petitioner will be receiving his terminal dues after some delay, accordingly, the amount due to him shall be accompanied with simple interest at the rate of six percent per annum calculated on and from the next date of retirement till the date of actual payment.

8. Interest at the above rate shall also be paid to the petitioner on account of delayed payment of his gratuity.

9. If the due amount of the petitioner is 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.

10. The writ petition stands disposed of.

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

12. Certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.

[Amrita Sinha, J]