Sandhi Kumar Bera @ Dr.Sandhi Kumar Bera v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

16.10.2023 ap WPA 24159 of 2023 Sandhi Kumar Bera @ Dr. Sandhi Kumar Bera Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Ms. Malabika Raoy Dey Mr. Arnab Mandal ... For the petitioner.

Mr. Syed Manuwar Ali Sk. Imtiaj Uddin ... For respondent no. 2.

The State is not represented.

The petitioner retired as an Associate Professor of Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah on October, 2007. A sum of Rs. 1,79,793/- was paid to the petitioner on account of leave encashment.

The petitioner, by filing this writ petition, claims the differential amount of leave encashment after refixation of his pay under ROPA-2006. The college has filed a report.

The petitioner has made over a copy of the letter dated March 14, 2023 issued by the Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal addressed to the Principal of the college seeking certain information relating to the claim for leave enhancement of the petitioner.

Given the above facts, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction upon the college to furnish the required information as sought by the Department of

Higher Education of West Bengal by the letter dated March 14, 2023 within a period of three weeks from the date of communication of this order.

After such response, the Director of Pubic Instruction, West Bengal shall take a decision with regard to the payment of differential amount of leave encashment within a period of one month. The director of Public Instruction will be at liberty to hear the petitioner as well as the college in arriving at the decision.

Accordingly, WPA 24159 of 2023 is disposed of. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order, if applied for, be made available to the parties upon compliance with the requisite formalities.

(Kausik Chanda, J.)