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Sakti Sarkar v. State of West Bengal & Ors.

Calcutta HC17 Jun 2022WPA/20349/2019

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The High Court at Calcutta disposed of a writ petition regarding pension entitlement dates. Directing officials to verify if the petitioner refunded employer contributions within the specified timeframe, the court ordered a revised pension effective from retirement date and immediate release thereafter if conditions are met.

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Petitioner to receive pension from next day of retirement if refund was made within time limit; Directors and Treasury Officer to verify records and issue Revised Pension Payment Order within 12 weeks

Sakti Sarkar Vs State of West Bengal & Ors. — Pension and Retirement Benefits | Calcutta HC (2022)

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17.06.2022 Court No. 13 Item No. 233 sp

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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side

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W.P.A 20349 of 2019

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Sakti Sarkar

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-versus

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State of West Bengal & Ors.

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Mrs. Sabita Khutia (Bhunya)

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…For the Petitioner.

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

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The issue to be decided in the present writ petition is whether an employee will be entitled to receive pension on and from the date following retirement or from the date of refund of the employer’s share of contribution.

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The petitioner retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation on 31.07.2007.

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In response to the notification published by the School Education Department being No. 79SE(L)/SL/5S-56/13(Pt-V) dated 13^th June, 2014 issued in compliance of the direction passed by the Hon’ble Special Bench of this Court in the judgment dated 16^th July, 2013 in the matter of District Inspector of Schools (S.E.), Kolkata –vs- Abhijit Baidya the petitioner exercised option to switch over from CPF to GPF and

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claims to have refunded the employer’s share of contribution with interest and additional interest on 29.09.2014.

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Pension Payment Order was issued in favour of the petitioner with effect from the date of refund of the employer’s share of contribution.

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The petitioner claims that pension ought to have been released on and from the next date of retirement and not from the date of refund of the employer’s share of contribution.

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A similar issue has been decided by this Court in the matter of WPA No. 964 of 2022 (Sitala Mandal (Chaudhuri) –vs- State of West Bengal & Ors.).

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The judgment passed in the aforesaid matter on 8^th February, 2022 will cover the present writ petition.

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Instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance and the concerned Treasury Officer to verify the records, and in the event, it is found, that the petitioner exercised option and refunded the employer’s share of contribution within the time specified in the notification dated 13^th June, 2014, then steps shall be taken to issue Revised Pension Payment Order in favour of the petitioner with effect from the date following the date of retirement on superannuation and to release the pension in accordance with the Revised Pension Payment Order. Such steps shall be taken within a period of twelve weeks from the date of communication of a copy of this order. Payment shall positively be released immediately upon issuance of the Revised Pension Payment Order.

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The writ petition stands disposed of.

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

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(Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)

Sakti Sarkar v. State of West Bengal & Ors.

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