IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH JUNE 2011 / 8TH ASHADHA 1933 WP(C).No. 30382 of 2010(W) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- C.R.BALANANDAN, CHUKKATHU HOUSE, ERAVIMANGALAM P.O., THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.V.G.ARUN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. NADATHARA FARMERS SERVICE CO-OP. BANK LTD. NO. 3499, NADATHARA P.O., THRISSUR-680 751, REP. BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR. 2. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, NADATHARA FARMERS SERVICE CO-OP. BANK LTD. NO.3499, NADATHARA P.O., THRISSUR-680 001. 3. THE JOINT REGISTRAR OF CO-OP. SOCIETIES (GENERAL), THRISSUR DISTRICT-680 001. 4. THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF CO-OP. SOCIETIES(GENERAL), THRISSUR DISTRICT-680 001. 5. THE KERALA STATE CO-OP. PENSION BOARD, P.B.NO.85, CHINMAYA LANE, KUNNUMPURAM, NEAR AYURVEDA COLLEGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-1, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY. BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.P.M.MANOJ FOR R3 & 4 BY ADV. SRI.P.V.MOHANAN, SC FOR R5 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 29/06/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: APPENDIX IN W.P.(C) NO.30382 OF 2010 EXT.P1 COPY OF ONE SUCH REQUEST DATED 12.11.2009. EXT.P2 COPY OF THE COUNTER FOIL SHOWING REMITTANCE OF THE AMOUNT BY THE PETITIONER DATED 6.2.2010. EXT.P3 COPY OF THE REQUEST SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER DATED 24/2/2010. EXT.P4 COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 3RD RESPONDENT DATED 14.5.2010. EXT.P5 COPY OF THE LETTER OF THE THIRD RESPONDENT DATED 2.6.2010. EXT.P6 COPY OF THE LETTER ISSUED BY THE SECOND RESPONDENT DATED 27.5.2010. EXT.P7 COPY OF THE COVERING LETTER SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE SECOND RESPONDENT DT. 12.6.2010 EXT.P8 COPY OF THE LETTER ISSUED BY THE SECOND RESPONDENT DT. 9.7.2010 EXT.P9 COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 4.8.2010. EXT.P10COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE FIFTH RESPONDENT DATED 9.1.2010. EXT.P11COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 16.9.2010. //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE. P.N. RAVINDRAN, J. ------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.30382 OF 2010 ------------------------------- Dated this the 29th day of June, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a former employee of the first respondent bank, a co-operative society registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969. This writ petition is filed mainly aggrieved by the delay in disbursing pension in terms of the provisions contained in the Kerala Co-operative Societies Employees Self Financing Pension Scheme, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Pension Scheme' for short). 2. When this writ petition came up for hearing today, Sri.C.Unnikrishnan, learned counsel appearing for respondents 1 and 2 and Sri.P.V.Mohanan, learned standing counsel appearing for fifth respondent Pension Board submitted that the bank has remitted the employer's share of contribution to the Contributory Provident Fund together with interest on 20.5.2011 and therefore, the Pension Board can take steps to fix and pay pension to the petitioner. 3. The petitioner retired from service on 31.1.2010. One year and five months have passed thereafter. However having regard to the fact that the bank remitted the employer's share of contribution to the Contributory Provident Fund together with interest with the Pension Board only on 20.5.2011, I am inclined to grant the Pension W.P.(C) No.30382 OF 2010 2 Board two months time to fix and pay pension to the petitioner. I accordingly dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the fifth respondent to fix and pay the pension payable to the petitioner expeditiously and in any event within two months from the date on which the petitioner produces a certified copy of this judgment before the Secretary of the Pension Board. If the petitioner has any other grievance regarding the terminal benefits, it will be open to him to agitate the same in other appropriate proceedings. His contentions in that regard are kept open. P.N. RAVINDRAN, JUDGE. nj.