IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 20TH MARCH 2009 / 29TH PHALGUNA 1930 WP(C).No. 9072 of 2009(D) ------------------------- PETITIONERS: --------------- V.SUBRAMANIAN ,S/O.NARAYANAN, AGED 48 YEARS, ASSISTANT ENGINEER KERALA STATE ELECRICITY BOARD (SUB REGIONAL STORE, VAZHATHOPE) IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.JOHNSON P.JOHN SRI.RAJU VADAKKEKARA RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, VYDYUTHI BHAVAN PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, HRM, VYDHUTHI BHAVAN PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER, KSEB, ELECTRICAL CIRCLE, THODUPUZHA, IDUKKI. 4. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, KSEB ELECTRICAL DIVISION, KATTAPPANA, IDUKKI. BY SC, KSEB, SRI. K.S. ANIL THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/03/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------- W.P ( C) No. 9072 of 2009 -------------------------- Dated this the 20th March,2009 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is working as an Assistant Engineer under the Kerala State Electricity Board in the Sub Regional Store at Vazhathope in Idukki District. The main relief sought for in the writ petition is for a direction to the 1st respondent to pay penal interest to the petitioner for the delay in claiming and crediting the D.A arrears in the P.F Account of the petitioner from 7/99 to 2/2005. Since the eligible D.A for the years 1999 to 1995 has not been claimed and credited to his account, petitioner has submitted his pay abstract for October 2003 and other details before the 4th respondent's office and requested to take steps to disburse the D.A arrears to the petitioner. Since no steps were taken, he filed Exhibits P1 and P2 representations. Ultimately he filed WPC No.21973 of 2007 in which notice was issued to respondents. Consequently on 30.11.2007, Rs.87998/- was credited to W.P ( C) No. 9072 of 2009 2 the P.F account of the petitioner. Another amount of Rs.7640/- was paid as cash also. This is reflected in Exhibit-P3 statement. 2. According to the petitioner, in view of the purposeful delay in the matter, he was denied due interest . In these circumstances, he has filed Exhibits P5 and P6 before the Executive Engineer and the Chief Engineer (HRM) respectively claiming interest. 3. Since the complaint raised by the petitioner is a serious one, the Chief Engineer (HRM) will consider Exhibit-P6 and take appropriate action to redress the grievance raised by the petitioner. Final orders shall be passed within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. (T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE) ma W.P ( C) No. 9072 of 2009 3 W.P ( C) No. 9072 of 2009 4