IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 14TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 25TH MAGHA 1929 WP(C).No. 17217 of 2007(Y) ---------------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY LAW OFFICER, SRI. RANJITH JOSEPH. BY ADV. SRI.K.PRABHAKARAN, SC, K.S.R.T.C. RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. SMT. A.VIJAYAKUMARI AMMA, MANIMANDIRAM, KOOTTAPPARA, NEYYATTINKARA. 2. THE KERALA LOK AYUKTA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.P.RAJEEVAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 14/02/2008 ALONG WITH W.P.(C). 19483/2007 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C).No. 17217 of 2007(Y) A P P E N D I X PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT. P1 : COPY OF the COMPLAINT NO. 3447/2006 DATED 15.12.2006. EXT. P2 : COPY OF THE STATEMENT FILED ON BEHALF OF KSRTC DATED 30.4.2007. EXT. P3 : COPY OF THE ORDER OF the KERALA LOK AYUKTA ON COMPLAINT NO. 3447/2006 DATED 30.4.2007. // True Copy // P.A. to Judge. Acd S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)Nos.17217, 19483, 20796, 22466, 22499, 22501, 22617, 22635, 22674, 22675, 27961 & 28189 OF 2007 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 14th day of February, 2008 JUDGMENT In all these writ petitions, the petitioner is the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation. They are aggrieved by the orders of the Kerala Lok Ayukta directing the Corporation to disburse the retirement benefits due to the applicants before the Lok Ayukta in spite of the scheme framed by this Court for payment of the retirement benefits in the order of priority of date of retirement. The validity of such orders was considered by a Division Bench of this Court in W.P. (C) No. 33183/07 and connected cases, in which it was held that although the Lok Ayukta has jurisdiction to deal with matters relating to payment of retirement benefits, the Lok Ayukta cannot pass orders contradictory to the scheme framed by the Division Bench of this Court. Following that decision, these writ petitions are allowed and the impugned orders of the Lok Ayukta in these writ petitions are W.P.(c) Nos. 17217/07& Con.cases 2 quashed. It would be open to the concerned employees to approach this Court for out of turn payments, if conditions for such payments are satisfied. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd