Mrinal Kanti Gaine v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.A. 2829 of 2024; Mrinal Kanti Gaine v. The State of West Bengal & Others; retired Assistant Teacher; superannuation 30.06.2017; first Pension Payment Order 02.08.2017; ROPA 2019 pay revision; revised Pension Payment Order 01.07.2021; revised gratuity; delayed payment; interest at 8% per annum from 14.02.2020 till actual disbursement; Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance; Treasury Officer; eight weeks; writ petition disposed of; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Payment of interest at 8% per annum on the revised gratuity (as per the revised Pension Payment Order) from 14 February 2020 until the date of actual disbursement of the revised gratuity, by the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance and the concerned Treasury Officer, within eight weeks from communication of the order; no order as to costs.