30.07.2025 Ct.No.7 sdas WPA No. 15426 of 2024 Krishna Bandyopadhyay Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sakti Pada Jana Mrs. Sudipa Pramanik .…for the petitioner Mr. Arindam Chattopadhyay Ms. Lipika Chatterjee .…. for the State The petitioner, a retired Headmistress, has preferred the present writ petition, praying for an appropriate order and/or direction and/or a writ, particularly in the nature of mandamus, commanding the concerned respondents to refund a sum of Rs. 5,90,541/– along with interest thereon at the rate of 10% per annum, calculated from the date of its deposition through treasury challan until the date of actual repayment.

Furthermore, the petitioner prays for a direction upon the respondents to forthwith release her pension, to be computed on the basis of her last drawn basic pay amounting to Rs. 1,10,700/– per month.

Before addressing the issue raised in the present writ petition, it would be prudent to advert to the essential facts that led to its institution.

The petitioner commenced her career as an Assistant Teacher at Kenjakura Damodar Balika Vidyalaya, District – Bankura, on 21.09.1988. Thereafter, she was appointed as the Assistant Headmistress of the said insti