Sadananda Mahato And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

03.09.2024.

Sl. No.47.

Ct. No.14.

AGM In The High Court At Calcutta Constitution Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 20865 of 2024 Sadananda Mahato & Ors.

Vs The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Tulsi Das Maity.

Mr. Pradip Kumar Ghosh.

Ms. Namita Basu.

......for the petitioner.

Mr. B. P. Vaisya.

Mr. Nilay Baran Mondal.

......for the DPSC, Purulia.

The receipt showing payment of deficit court fees be retained with the records.

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

The petitioners are retired primary school teachers and Pension Payment Order was issued in their favour. According to the petitioners, they ought to be paid the 'A' category scale of pay on and from the next date they completed the one year PTTI course in June 2006. The petitioners were given the benefit of 'A' category scale of pay on and from a later date. Whether a teacher who completed the one year PTTE course would be entitled to 'A' category scale of pay from June 2006 came up for consideration before

this Court in various matters and the Court was pleased to observe that the teacher concerned would be entitled to get the 'A' category scale of pay from June 2006.

The petitioners rely upon the order dated 13th June, 2024 passed by a coordinate Bench in WPA 13157 of 2024 in the matter of Tapas Kumar Majhi - vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors. wherein the Court directed payment of 'A' category scale of pay to the petitioner with effect from June 2006.

The petitioners pray for similar relief.

Accordingly, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the District Inspector of Schools (PE), Purulia to recalculate the pay of the petitioners by giving the benefit of 'A' category pay scale on and from June 2006.

The calculation shall be forwarded to the DPPG for preparation of fresh Pension Payment Order within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order. Revised PPO shall be issued within a fortnight thereafter and payment including all arrears of pay and arrears of pension in terms of the revised Pension Payment Order shall be disbursed within a period of four weeks thereafter.

Documents relied upon by the Ld. Advocate for the District Inspector of School (Primary Education), Purulia be retained with the records.

The writ petition stands disposed of.

Urgent certified photocopy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties expeditiously on compliance of usual legal formalities.

(Amrita Sinha, J.)