10.07.2026 2 sdas WPA 13658 of 2026 Dhiren Pramanik Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Biswarup Nandy .….. for the petitioner Mr. D. N. Ray, learned G.P. Ms. Aparna Banerjee, learned AGP Mr. Subit Majumder ……for the State 1. Let affidavit-of-service, as filed in Court, be kept on record. 2. The petitioner is a former temporary barber of Lalbagh Sub Correctional Home. He has been in service since 1990. He retired from service on May 30, 2024 upon attaining the age of sixty years and, thus, claims entitlement to the one-time terminal benefit of Rs.5,00,000/-, as proposed in the Memorandum bearing no. 1219- F(H)/FA/N/2M/18/24(NB) dated March 7, 2024 read with Memorandum No. 957/EB dated September 4, 2024. 3. This issue has been conclusively decided by a Hon’ble Division Bench of this Hon’ble Court in WPST 78 of 2024 (Rabindranath Pramanik vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors.) dated August 23, 2024. The finding of the Hon’ble Division Bench is clear and unequivocal that the object and purpose of such 2 Memorandums are inextricably bound and the beneficial claim propounded by such Memorandums have to be applied to the workers who are entitled thereof particularly for the persons like the petitioner who have been in service for a long period of time. The petitioner’s service has never been disrupted nor has the petitioner been subjected to any complaint during the entire period of his service. There is absolutely no reason as to why the petitioner should not been granted the benefits as proposed in the aforestated Memorandums and in consonance with the decision of the Hon’ble Division Bench in Rabindranath Pramanik (supra). 4. In view of the aforestated, I direct the respondent authorities to act strictly in terms of the Memorandum No. 1219-F(H)/FA/N/2M/18/24(NB) dated March 7, 2024 read with Memorandum No. 957/EB dated September 4, 2024 and disburse the one-time terminal benefit to the petitioner by August 31, 2026, if the petitioner is otherwise eligible. Since the petitioner was entitled to such payment from the date of his retirement, it is only proper and to subserve the ends of justice, the respondent authorities will pay interest at the rate of 6% per annum, being the rate afforded by all nationalized banks to the fixed deposit, from May 30, 2024 till the date of payment. 3 5. With the aforestated directions, the writ petition is disposed of. 6. There will be no order as to costs. 7. Urgent photostat certified copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon usual undertakings. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)