REKHA GHOSH BRATATI DUTTA vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. — WPA/5426/2026

Case Summary: WPA 5426/2026 – Rekha Ghosh v. State of West Bengal The Calcutta High Court allowed the petitioner's writ petition, holding that she is entitled to deposit the government's share of her deceased husband's Contributory Provident Fund (with interest) to claim family pension benefits. Since her husband, Assistant Teacher Biswanath Ghosh, was in service on 1st January 1986 (the effective date of ROPA-1990) despite dying in-harness on 12th October 1989, he was automatically covered under ROPA-1990, making the widow automatically entitled to pension without requiring a fresh option exercise. The court directed the District Inspector of Schools to calculate the refund amount, and upon deposit, process the pension payment order accordingly, with pension payable from the date of the husband's death. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.