IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH JANUARY 2010 / 23TH POUSHA 1931 WP(C).No. 1054 of 2010(F) ------------------------------------ OPMV.834/1998 of MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, PUNALUR .................... PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- 1. S. NARAYANA PILLAI, SASIMANDIRAM, ERANOOR, PANAVELI.P.O, VETTIKKAVALA VILLAGE, KOTTARAKKARA TALUK, KOLLAM DISTRICT. 2. SARASAMMA, W/O.NARAYANA PILLAI, SASIMANDIRAM, ERANOOR, PANAVELI.P.O, VETTIKKAVALA VILLAGE, KOTTARAKKARA TALUK, KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. MR.ANCHAL C.VIJAYAN RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------ 1. KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KOLLAM. R1 BY ADV. MR.V.V. NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC, KSRTC. R2 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/01/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: rs. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ---------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 1054 of 2010 - F ---------------------------------------- Dated 13th January, 2010 Judgment Heard Sri.Anchal C. Vijayan, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and Sri.V.V.Nandagopal Nambiar, the learned standing counsel appearing for the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation. 2. The petitioners are husband and wife. Their son succumbed to the injuries sustained by him in a motor accident. Claiming compensation, they filed O.P. (M.V.) No.834 of 1998 in the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Punalur. The said case was tried and disposed of along with O.P. (M.V.) No.907 of 1999 filed by the widow and children of their deceased son. By Ext.P1 award passed on 22.1.2002 after notice to and hearing the first respondent herein, the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal awarded the sum of Rs.2,67,900/- as compensation to the petitioners and the widow and children of their deceased son. The first respondent herein was directed to deposit the said sum together with interest and costs. The W.P.(C) No.1054/2010 2 grievance voiced by the petitioners is that though nearly eight years have passed after Ext.P1 award was passed, till date, the first respondent has not deposited the award amount in the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal. In this writ petition, the petitioners seek a direction to the first respondent to deposit the amount awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Punalur in Ext.P1 award within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. 3. Sri.V.V.Nandagopal Nambiar, the learned standing counsel appearing for the first respondent submits on instructions that the amount covered by Ext.P1 award passed will be deposited within three months from today. In the light of the said submission, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the first respondent to deposit the amount covered by Ext.P1 award passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Punalur in O.P. (M.V.) No.834 of 1998 and in O.P. (M.V.) No.907 of 1999 in the said Tribunal, in the manner directed in Ext.P1 award within three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment from the petitioner. Upon such deposit being made, it will be open to the claimants W.P.(C) No.1054/2010 3 in the respective claim petitions to move the Tribunal for payment in terms of Ext.P1 award. P.N.RAVINDRAN Judge vaa