19 17.02.2026 Ct. No.18 pg. IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE WPA 27998 of 2025 Avijit Mondal v. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Subhajyoti Das … For the petitioner Mr. Dipankar Das Gupta … For the State 1. From the instruction forwarded by the District Inspector of Schools (Secondary Education), Howrah, it appears that the petitioner applied for family pension both online and offline on 12th July, 2024 and Pension Payment Order was issued on 19th November, 2024. 2. The petitioner prays for interest on account of delayed payment of the terminal dues of his wife who died-in-harness on 30th May, 2019. The petitioner has not annexed any document to show the date as to when the application for releasing the terminal dues was made. 3. In the absence of any specific averment by the petitioner, the instruction forwarded by the District Inspector of Schools (Secondary Education), Howrah upon verification of records has to be taken as true and proper. 2 4. The Court is not convinced that there has been any delay in issuing the PPO in favour of the petitioner. The prayer for interest made by the petitioner cannot be allowed. 5. The writ petition fails and is hereby dismissed. 6. All parties shall act on the basis of a server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 7. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)