Nandita Kundu v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

31.10.2022 Item No.85 Court No.18 SK W.P.A. 13302 of 2022 Nandita Kundu -Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Dilip Kumar Maiti ......for the petitioner.

Md. Abu Reja Jaglul Kabir ... for the State.

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

The husband of the petitioner was an approved Assistant Teacher of a secondary school and died-in-harness on May 25, 2019.

The Pension Payment Order of the employee concerned was issued on August 22, 2021 in pursuance whereof the petitioner received the gratuity on October 01, 2021.

In the instant writ petition the prayer of the petitioner is a writ of mandamus be issued commanding the respondents to pay interest on the said amount of gratuity for the delayed payment.

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

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

The respondents, the concerned Treasury Officer in particular are, therefore, directed to pay interest @ 8% per annum on the gratuity from the date of death of the husband of the petitioner till the date of such payment.

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

W.P.A. 13302 of 2022 stands disposed of, with the above directions. There shall be no order as to costs.

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

(Biswajit Basu, J.)