12 29.07. 2026 Ct. No. 18 Ab IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE WPA 17184 of 2026 Ranjan Das Vs. The Calcutta State Transport Corporation (WBTC) and others. --------------- Mr. Dilip Kumar Chatterjee, Mr. Durga Bhusan Mukherjee. … For the petitioner. Mr. N. C. Bihani, Mr. Soumyajit Ghosh. … For the CSTC. 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record. 2. The petitioner is a retired employee of Calcutta State Transport Corporation (CSTC). He retired from service on 30th November 2025. 3. The petitioner is aggrieved that he has not been paid his General Provident Fund (GPF) dues. The petitioner prays for payment of the entire GPF amount as well as interest thereon from December 1, 2025 till payment. 4. Reliance has been placed on an order dated June 29, 2026 passed by this Court in WPA No. 12960 of 2026. 5. As receiving the provident fund would be the statutory dues of a retired employee; accordingly, the employer would be duty bound to disburse the same immediately on retirement of the employee or soon thereafter. There ought not to have been any delay in disbursing 2 the terminal dues of a retired employee. 6. In view of the above, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the Managing Director, CSTC to take steps to release the entire amount of GPF dues to the petitioner. 7. As the retired employee will receive the terminal dues after a considerable delay, accordingly, the amount shall be disbursed along with simple interest calculated at the rate of 6% per annum from the next date of retirement till the date of actual payment within twelve weeks from the date of communication of this order. 8. The aforesaid amount shall be cleared within twelve weeks from the date of communication of this order. 9. It is made clear that if the amount is not disbursed within the aforesaid time limit, then the petitioner would be entitled to receive 2% additional interest i.e. 6%+2% = 8% interest on the due amount calculated on and from the next date of retirement till the date of actual payment. 10. The writ petition stands disposed of. 11. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 12. Certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.) 3