16.02.2026 Sl. No.33 Ct. No.14 ss IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE W.P.A. No. 27612 of 2025 Shipra Senapati Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Ms. Sreyasree Choudhury …for the Petitioners. Ms. Lipika Chatterjee …for the State.

1. Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioner is taken on record.

2. By the present writ petition the petitioner seeks direction upon the respondent authorities for disbursement of interest on delayed payment of arrear pension amount from the date of entitlement till the date of actual payment at the rate of 18% per annum.

3. The petitioner contends that the petitioner’s father was appointed as an Assistant Teacher in Baharpota Primary School under Panskura South Circle, District Purba Medinipur, who retired from service on 30th November, 1993 and died on 25th August, 2007. The mother of the petitioner pre-deceased of her father and died on 6^th May, 1995. The petitioner is the widowed daughter of the deceased employee. The husband of the petitioner died on 28^th July, 2007. The pension payment order was issued in favour of the petitioner on 12th October, 2020. The arrear family pension was disbursed in