Kanailal Bhandari v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

20.07.2022 Court No.13 Item No.470 Saswata WPA 11422 of 2022 Kanailal Bhandari Vs.

The State of West Bengal and Ors.

Mr. Tamal Taru Panda ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. Priyabrata Ghosh ... For the State.

The affidavit of service filed by the learned Advocate for the petitioner in Court today be kept on record.

The learned Advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was teacher of a school and retired from service on 31.03.2019. Pension Payment Order was issued in favour of the petitioner on 26.08.2019 and the gratuity of the petitioner was released on 26.04.2020. Although the petitioner was entitled to payment of pensionary benefit from the date of his retirement, the same was not paid. By representing this writ petition, the petitioner prays for an order on the respondents to award interest on delayed payment of arrear pension & gratuity.

I have heard the learned Advocate for the petitioner and have also considered the

orders passed by different Hon'ble Judges on the writ petitions involving similar issues. In view thereof, the writ petition stands disposed of with a direction upon the respondents and particularly the concerned Treasury Officer to pay the petitioner interest on @ 9% per annum from the next date of retirement of the petitioner till the date of actual payment within 16 weeks from the date of service of an authenticated copy of this order failing which, additional interest @ 2% per annum shall be payable to the petitioner.

There will be no order as to costs.

Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties, on priority basis.

(Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)