Gopal Nandigrami Alias Gopal Nandegrami v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS.

Form No.J(2)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present: The Hon'ble Justice Aniruddha Roy WPA 16507 OF 2025 ------------- Gopal Nandigrami @ Gopal Nandegrami Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the Petitioner Mr. Srinjay Sengupta, Adv.

Mr. Saurav Roy, Adv.

Mr. Ankush Ghosh, Adv.

Mr. Prasenjit Jana, Adv.

For the WBTCL Mr. Niladri Bhattacharjee, Adv.

Mr. Poulami Chattopadhyay, Adv.

For the State Mr. D. Mukhopadhyay, Adv Ms. Debdooti Dutta, Adv.

Heard on :

28.07.2025 Judgment on :

28.07.2025 Aniruddha Roy, J :

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

2. The petitioner claims interest on delayed payment of terminal benefits. The petitioner superannuated from service of the WBTCL on June 30, 2023. He received his provident fund benefits of Rs. 24,11,532/- towards provident fund on August 06, 2024.

3. The petitioner is entitled to interest for the period from July 01, 2023 to August 06, 2024 at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. Let the same be paid to the petitioner by the WBTCL within a period of one month from date.

4. In default of payment as directed above, the rate of interest shall stand increased to 9 per cent per annum.

5. The writ petition is disposed of.

6. There will be no order as to costs.

7. All parties are directed to act on a server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Aniruddha Roy, J.) D. Das, P.A.