IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 17TH SEPTEMBER 2010 / 26TH BHADRA 1932 WP(C).No. 28838 of 2010(D) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- VIKRAMAN.T.C,SUJIL HOUSE,SIVANKUNNU, MUVATTUPUZHA.P.O,PIN-686 661. BY ADV. MR.P.SANJAY MRS.A.PARVATHI MENON MR.BIJU MEENATTOOR RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. SECRETARY TO GOVT.,LOCAL ADMINSTRATION DEPARTMENT,GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM. 2. DIRECTOR OF PANCHAYATS,OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PANCHAYATS,TRIVANDRUM. ADV.MR. ANTONY MUKKATH – GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------ W.P.(C) No.28838 OF 2010 ------------------------------- Dated this the 17th day of September, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner retired from Government Service in 1997. His retirement benefits were not disbursed on the ground that a vigilance case was pending against him. The petitioner submits that in that vigilance case, the petitioner has been acquitted. Despite the same, the retirement benefits due to the petitioner have not been disbursed to him. Therefore, the petitioner has filed Ext.P2 representation before the first respondent. The petitioner seeks a direction to the first respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P2 expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the first respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P2 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE acd 2 3