WPA/28649/2025 of SUMIT KUMAR ROY AND ORS. Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. on 6 October 2026

1. The District Inspector of Learned advocate representing the school submits, upon instruction that, there was a mistake on the part of the Teacher-in- Charge of the school at the time of forwarding the letter to the District Inspector of Schools praying for releasing pension and family pension in favour of the petitioners. Due to inadvertence, it was mentioned that the matter relates to sanction of pre-1981 pension case.

2. It is the specific stand of the petitioners and the school that the prayer for pension will not be covered under the pre-1981 scheme. The case will be covered under the regular Death-cum-Retirement Benefit Scheme, 1981.

3. As the school authority has detected the mistake, accordingly, the school is directed to re-send

2 the documents for releasing the benefits in favour of the petitioners to the District Inspector of Schools (SE), Murshidabad at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order.

4. On receipt of all documents from the school authority, the District Inspector of Schools (SE), Murshidabad shall take steps for sanction of the dues in accordance with law.

5. If the respondent authority requires any further documents from the petitioners, the same shall be intimated to the petitioners.

6. If the prayer of the petitioners is allowed, then steps shall be taken to forward the file to the DPPG for issuance of PPO. The District Inspector of Schools shall ensure that the arrear dues are positively released within a period of four months from the date of receipt of all documents from the School.

7. The writ petition stands disposed of.

8. All parties shall act on the basis of a server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

9. Certified server copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties on compliance of all requisite formalities.

(Amrita Sinha, J.)