swapan paul who visited the home of tollygunge resident a k sengupta to fix a leak please dont pay me in rs 100 notes i would rather you give me in the old rs 500 notes he said when told the senguptas didnt have any of the old notes left paul said okay pay me latereven a highprofile cricket academy at bhowanipore run by a former test cricketer is still accepting old rs 500 notes such was the pressure from parents that he decided not to say no to them but with a rider the monthly fee has gone up from rs 450 to rs 500 for this extra service