Authority: High Court of West Bengal, Calcutta Bench (Justice Suvra Ghosh)
Order Date: 28 August 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioner: Nirmal Kumar Roy, former Medical Officer of Murshidabad Zilla Parishad, superannuated on 31 January 2017.
- Respondents: State of West Bengal; Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, Government of West Bengal; Treasury Officer, Murshidabad (Berhampore).
- Original pension payment order issued on 24 January 2017.
- Revision of pension and gratuity under ROPA Rules, 2019, with revised order dated 24 October 2021; revised gratuity and arrear pension disbursed on 26 October 2021.
- Petition sought interest on the gratuity amount and arrear pension due to delay in disbursal.
- Counsel for the State: Adv. Debjani Sahu and Adv. Ankit Kumar Mishra; counsel for the petitioner not named.
Final Outcome
- The court directs the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance and the Treasury Officer, Murshidabad, to pay interest at eight per cent per annum on the revised gratuity and arrear pension amount, calculated from 1 January 2020 until the date of actual payment.
- The interest amount must be paid within one month from the date of communication of this order.
- No order as to costs.
- Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the petition are deemed not to have been admitted.
- An urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, shall be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.
Topics: Pension Interest, Court Order