Pradip Kumar Bhattacharyya v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.A. 3352 of 2024; Pradip Kumar Bhattacharyya vs The State of West Bengal & Ors.; interest on delayed payment of revised gratuity; revised Pension Payment Order dated 19.08.2021; ROPA 2019 pay revision; 8% per annum interest from 14.02.2020 till actual disbursement; Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance; Treasury Officer; retired Assistant Teacher superannuation 31.01.2017; first PPO 25.07.2017; eight weeks for compliance; writ petition disposed of; Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.; State respondents unrepresented.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance and the concerned Treasury Officer to pay interest at 8% per annum on the revised gratuity as per the revised Pension Payment Order, from 14 February 2020 till the date of actual disbursement, within eight weeks from communication of the order; no order as to costs.