IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD JULY 2008 / 1ST SRAVANA 1930 WP(C).No. 17130 of 2008(L) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ MOHANDAS.K.N., (RETIRED ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, IRRIGATION QUALITY CONTROL SUB DIVISION, THRISSUR), FLAT NO. S.5, MENACHERY APARTMENT, BISHOP PALACE ROAD, THRISSUR-20. BY ADV. SRI.S.P.ARAVINDAKSHAN PILLAY SMT.N.SANTHA SRI.K.A.BALAN SRI.PETER JOSE CHRISTO SRI.S.A.ANAND RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN 695 001. 2. CHIEF ENGINEER, IRRIGATION AND ADMINISTRATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN 695 033. 3. CHIEF ENGINEER, IRRIGATION, PROJECT-II, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN 695 033. 4. THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL (A&E), KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN 695 039. BY GP SRI.NANDAKUMAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: APPENDIX EXHIBITS EXT.P1- TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER NO.GE17/A/41787/303 DATED 5.3.08 ADDRESSED TO THE CHIEF ENGINEER, PROJECT-II, TVM. EXT.P2- TRUE COPY OF THE GOVERNMENT LETTER NO.1559/PVCA1/08/FIN. DATED 8.4.08 EXT.P3- TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER TO THE CHIEF ENGINEER, PROJECT-II (IRRIGATION) DATED 18.3.08 EXT.P4- TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER NO.F2-476/08 DATED 7.4.08 OF THE SECOND RESPONDENT (TRUE COPY) P.A TO JUDGE V.GIRI, J ------------------- W.P.(C).17130/2008 -------------------- Dated this the 23rd day of July, 2008 JUDGMENT Petitioner retired from service on 30.11.2007 as Assistant Executive Engineer in the Irrigation Quality Control Sub Division, Thrissur. He is aggrieved by the delay in the disbursal of retirement benefits. Ext.P1 shows that the pension book of the petitioner was forwarded to the third respondent by the Accountant General, the fourth respondent, inter alia stating that pages 11 and 12 of the book should be filled up by the Pension Sanctioning Authority. 2. Learned senior Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that NLC has been issued on 19.5.2008. But orders sanctioning the retirement benefits are yet to be passed by the Accountant General. 3. In the result, third respondent shall ensure that the defects pointed out in Ext.P1 are cured within three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment W.P.(C).17130/2008 2 and positively forwarded to the Accountant General within the said time frame. Accountant General shall proceed to pass orders of sanction, within three weeks thereafter. Since NLC has already been issued, the authorization shall be forwarded to the concerned treasury without further delay. The entire process shall be completed within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The claim made by the petitioner for interest is left open to be agitated before the Civil Court. Writ petition is disposed of as above. V.GIRI, Judge mrcs