Rokeya Begam v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

23.02.2023 Item No.12 Court No.18 P.Jana Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Side W.P.A. 250 of 2023 Rokeya Begam -Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Anirban Chakraborty, ......for the petitioner.

Ms. Susmita Biswas Chowdhury, ...... 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 March 20, 2011. The Pension Payment Order of the employee concerned was issued on July 4, 2013 in pursuance whereof the petitioner received the gratuity and the arrear Pension on November 05, 2013.

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 arrear pension and 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 arrear amount of pension and gratuity from the date of death of the employee concerned 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 arrear amount shall fetch an additional interest of 2% per annum.

W.P.A. 250 of 2023 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.)