Form No.J(2)

Court No.2

In The High Court at Calcutta

Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction

Appellate Side

Present: The Hon’ble Justice Aniruddha Roy

WPA 19292 OF 2025

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Ashis Kumar Roy

Vs.

Durgapur Projects Limited & Ors.

For the Petitioner Mr. Siddhartha Sarkar, Adv. For the Respondents Mr. Sujit Sankar Koley, Adv.

Heard on : 24.09.2025 Judgment on : 24.09.2025

Aniruddha Roy, J :

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

The petitioner was an employee in Durgapur Projects Limited (in

short DPL), the respondent no. 1. The petitioner retired from service on January 31, 2025. The petitioner has been paid the gratuity amount and leave salary to the tune of Rs.41,82,991/- on July 04, 2025. The petitioner,

therefore, is entitled to interest for the delayed payment of principal amount of gratuity as per the provisions of Section 7(3A) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the 1972 Act) and the interest for the delayed payment of leave salary computed on the basis of the petitioner’s last drawn pay since the same is part of the retiral benefits. The issues involved in the instant writ petition are squarely covered by a recent judgment and order of t