A division bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Saugata Bhattacharya also directed the department to file a compliance report before the court after three weeks. But his wife did not get family pension even after a division bench of the high court had ordered in 2018 to clear the dues to the widow of Ranajit Ranjan Roy, the clerk. The DI had forwarded the case to the school education department in 2011. In 2108, the high court had directed the education department to disburse the due family pension and retirement benefits, along with 18 per cent interest at the earliest. “But even after the order, the department did not disburse the amount and Champa had to move a contempt case,” said the lawyer said.

Source: The Telegraph January 24, 2020 18:33 UTC