IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID WEDNESDAY, THE 2ND NOVEMBER 2011 / 11TH KARTHIKA 1933 WP(C).No. 29024 of 2011(C) --------------------------------- PETITIONERS: ------------------- 1. D.SAMUEL KUTTY,SWARNA GHEETHAM, POLICODE,VAYAKKAL.P.O,KOLLAM DISTRICT. (INSPECTOR,KOTTARAKKARA RETIRED ON 30/11/2002) 2. S/GOPALAKRISHNAN ASARI, THURUTHIYIL,CHOORAKKODU.P.O, ADOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT,(VEHICLE SUPERVISOR, ADOOR,RETIRED ON 31/5/2004) BY ADV. SRI.N.SASIDHARAN UNNITHAN RESPONDENTS: ---------------------- KERALA CORPORATION STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION,REP.BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695023. BY STANDING COUNSEL SRI BABU JOSEPH KURUVATHAZHA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/11/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C).NO.29024/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONERS' EXTS: EXT.P1 COPY OF PENSION PASS WITH PPO.NO.27511 ISSUED TO THE IST PETITIONER. EXT.P2 COPY OF PENSION PAYMENT ORDE NO.24462 ISSUED TO THE 2ND PETITIONER, EXT.P3 COPY OF RELEVANT PAGES OF 2008 PAY REVISION AGREEMENT. EXT.P4 COPY OF JUDGMENT LDTD. 23/8/2011 IN WP(C).NO.22843/2011 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT. True Copy PS. TO JUDGE. Kcv . HARUN-UL-RASHID,J. ------------------------------- W.P.(C). NO.29024 OF 2011 ------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 2ND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2011 JUDGMENT Petitioners are retired employees of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (for short 'Corporation'). This writ petition is filed seeking a direction directing the respondent to sanction and disburse the arrears of revised pension due to the petitioners from 4/2009 onwards on the basis of Ext.P3 agreement dated 28/11/2008 with interest immediately. 2. Entitlement of the petitioners for arrears of pension from 1.4.2009 in terms of the bipartite settlement dated 28.11.2008 executed between the corporation and its employees is the issue involved in this writ petition. This Court disposed of similar writ petitions filed by other employees for the very same relief, directing the respondent-Corporation to sanction and disburse the arrears of pension from 1.4.2009 in terms of the bipartite settlement executed in 28.11.2008 to the petitioners. expeditiously, at any rate, -2- W.P.(C).No.29024/2011 within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment with interest at the rate of 6% per annum from 1.6.2009. The said relief is extended to similarly situated persons in W.P.(C). No.13255/2011 and connected cases. In this circumstance, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent-Corporation to sanction and disburse the arrears of revised pension from 1.4.2009 to the petitioners, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. In case of failure on the part of the respondent-Corporation to disburse the amount payable to the petitioners within the stipulated time, the amount payable to each of the petitioners shall carry 6% interest from 1.6.2009. HARUN-UL-RASHID, Judge. kcv.