21.04.2025 d.p.

Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Jurisdiction W.P.A. 757 of 2025 Siddheswar Das -versus The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sanjoy Mazoomdar Mr. Anirban Chakraborty.

…For the Petitioner.

Mr. Pretom Das, Mr. Pradip Sarkar.

…For the State.

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

2. The petitioner was an approved Group-D staff of a High School who retired from service on 30.11.2017. The first pension payment order was issued on 14.11.2017. Under the ROPA Rules, 2019 there was revision of the pension and gratuity amount payable to the petitioner. The revised pension payment order was issued on 25.08.2021 and the revised gratuity and arrear pension was disbursed on 02.09.2021 in terms of ROPA 2019. The petitioner claims interest on delayed payment of revised gratuity as also arrear pension.

3. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and considered the orders passed by this court in similar facts.

4. It is settled law that the right of a retired employee to get his retiral dues as and when the same becomes due and payable. If payment of the retiral dues is delayed the retired employee is surely entitled to get some inte