08.04.2026 Item No.03 Court No.11 Avijit Mitra FMA 400 of 2026 with IA No.CAN 1 of 2026 Smt. Ranu Chatterjee & ors.

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State of West Bengal & ors.

Mr. Prasenjit Mukherjee, Ms. Sima Ghosh …for the appellants Mr. Supriyo Chattoapadhyay, AGP, Mr. Gourav Das …for the State The present appeal has been preferred challenging the judgment dated 28.10.2025 passed by the learned single Judge in the writ petition being WPA 4197 of 2020 which was preferred by one Chandranath Chatterjee (hereinafter referred to as Chandranath)

primarily praying for the following relief:

‘A writ or writs in the nature of Mandamus commanding the state respondents or their agents and subordinates and each one of them to show cause as to why they should not be directed to release Service benefits/died-in-harness benefits i.e. Provident Fund, Gratuity etc of his brother including Pensionary amount of his mother Namita Chatterjee (now deceased) Arrear pension as NOK then in favour of your petitioner along with @ 12% interest for such delayed payment till the actual payment.’

By the order impugned, the learned single Judge refused the prayer for family pension in favour of Chandranath as he was the brother of the de