02/09 2026 AD/10/18 266312 NANDY (DO) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA/22691/2026 POLY ROY CHOWDHURY VS THE CALCUTTA STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION (WBTC) & ORS. Mr. Dilip Kumar Chatterjee, Advocate Mr. Durga Bhusan Mukherjee, Advocate ……for the Petitioner Mr. N.C. Bihani, Sr. Advocate Ms. Sahina Sumi, Advocate ……for the State 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). She retired from service on 30.09.2025. 3. The petitioner is aggrieved that she has not been paid her General Provident Fund (GPF) dues. The petitioner prays for payment of the entire GPF amount as well as interest thereon from October 1, 2025 till payment. 4. Reliance has been placed on an order dated 29.07.2026 passed by this Court in WPA/17183/2026. 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 the terminal dues of a retired employee. P a g e | 2 6. In view of the above, I direct 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. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.) P a g e | 3