Ct. No.4 D/L 27.04.2026 (Naba) 21 W.P.S.T. 131 of 2025 Smt. Parbati Ghosh Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sujit Kr. Rath, Mr. Sukumar Sarkar, Mr. Dwijadas Pattanayak ...for the Petitioner Mr. Tapan Kumar Mukherjee, ld. AGP, Ms. Sangeeta Roy ...for the State

1. Heard the learned advocate for the writ petitioner as well as the learned A.G.P. representing the State.

2. The petitioner, a retired Staff Nurse, approached the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal (‘Tribunal’ for short) by filing an Original Application. The O.A. No. 374 of 2024 was filed claiming an interest @ 18% per annum on delayed payment of retiral dues. The Tribunal, considering the facts emerging before it, was of the view that the payments were not delayed inordinately and there was no mala fide intention of the respondents apparent from the records. The delay of about two years in sanction of the retiral dues was viewed keeping in background the fact that the petitioner submitted pension papers in June 2020, at a time when Covid-19 pandemic restrictions had already been put in place. The authorities, therefore, were not held liable for grant of any interest.

3. The learned advocate for the writ petitioner submi