IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 4TH JUNE 2010 / 14TH JYAISTHA 1932 WP(C).No. 15190 of 2010(W) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- V.REGHUNATHAN PILLAI, (CONDUCTOR, KSRTC, NEDUMANGADU, RETIRED ON 30.11.2006) SREEVALSAM, NETTA, NEDUMANGADU P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADVS. SRI.K.P.RAJEEVAN, SMT.P.M.SHAHIDA. RESPONDENT: ---------------------- KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY SRI. V.V. NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC, KSRTC. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/06/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.15190 of 2010 --------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 4th DAY OF JUNE, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner retired from service as a Conductor from the Nedumangad Depot of the respondent-Corporation on 30.11.2006. It is pointed out in the Writ Petition that the pensionary benefits of the retirees are being disbursed by the Corporation in terms of the guidelines prescribed by a Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.289/2001. Going by the guidelines, the amounts towards retirement benefits will have to be disbursed in terms of seniority by reckoning the date of retirement. According to the petitioner, already persons who are retired upto July, 2007 have been disbursed the pensionary benefits. 2. The averment that the benefits have been released to the persons retired upto July, 2007 is not disputed. 3. The learned Standing Counsel for the respondent- Corporation submitted that the entire amounts due to the petitioner towards retirement benefits will be disbursed within a W.P.(C)No.15190/10 -2- period of one month. In the light of the fact that the petitioner has retired in November, 2006, there will be a direction to the respondent to disburse the retirement benefits to the petitioner within a period of three weeks from today. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE. dsn