Calcutta High Court (Appellete Side)Ct.36 2017 Sukumar Chandra De vs State Of West Bengal & Ors on 23 August, 2017Author:Arijit BanerjeeBench:Arijit Banerjee1548     23.08.                  WP 15273 (W) of 2017
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ct.36   2017                      Sukumar Chandra De
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                               State of West Bengal & ors.Mr. Tapas Kumar Dey ... for the petitioner.

                 Mr. Rahul Sengupta       ...   for the State.Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today be

                 kept with the record.The material facts of the case are admitted

                 and hence I have not called for affidavits.The petitioner was appointed as a primary

                 school teacher and retired from service on 31.01.2006.

                 The first pension payment order was issued on

                 16.01.2006. Under the ROPA Rules, 2009 there was

                 revision of the pensionary and gratuity amount

                 payable to the petitioner. The revised pension payment

                 order was issued on 19.09.2013 and the pension was

                 disbursed on 30.12.2014 in terms of ROPA, 2009. The

                 petitioner claims interest on delayed payment of

                 revised pension.I have heard learned counsel for the parties

                 and I have considered the orders passed by this Court2in similar facts. It is settled law that a retired employee

is entitled to some amount of interest on delayed

payment of pension.In view of the aforesaid, I direct the Director

of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance,

Government of West Bengal as also the concerned

Treasury Officer to pay interest to the writ petitioner at

the rate of nine per cent per annum on the arrear

revised pension calculated on and from June 01, 2009

till actual date of payment.Such payment is to be made within eight

weeks from the date of communication of the certified

copy of this order to the concerned authorities.Since no affidavit-in-opposition has been

invited, the allegations contained in the writ petition

are deemed not to be admitted.WP 15273 (W) of 2017 is, accordingly,

disposed of.There will be no order as to costs.

          Urgent certified copy of this order, if applied

for, be made available to the parties upon compliance3of the requisite formalities.( Arijit Banerjee, J. )