IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID FRIDAY, THE 28TH OCTOBER 2011 / 6TH KARTHIKA 1933 WP(C).No. 28753 of 2011(T) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ 1. M.R. RAGHUNATHAN, ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER (RETIRED ON 31/3/2011) KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, PERUMBAVOOR, MADAPATHU HOUSE, KAIPUZHA P.O., KOTTAYAM. 2. M.K. RAJAKUMARAN NAIR, DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER (RETIRED ON 31/3/2011) KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION SREE SAILAM, MALAKUNNAM P.O., CHANGANACHERRY. 3. JACOB. K.A., INSPECTOR RETIRED ON (31/3/2011) KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, KUMALY, KUNJARATHIL HOUSE, LEKSHMI KOVIL, PEERUMEDU. 4. V.P.SOMAN NAIR, INSPECTOR RETIRED ON (31/3/2011) KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, PONKUNNAM, DIVYADARSAN, PONKUNNAM P.O., KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.N.SASIDHARAN UNNITHAN RESPONDENT(S): -------------------------- 1. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23 2. THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23. WP(C).No. 28753 of 2011(T) 3. THE ASSISTANT ACCOUNTS OFFICER (PENSION) KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23. 4. THE ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION KUMALY-685 509. 5. ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION PONKUNNAM-686 506. R1 TO R5 BY ADV. MR.BABU JOSEPH KURUVATHAZHA, SC, KSRTC. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/10/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: rs WP(C).No. 28753 of 2011(T) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1: COPY OF THE FREE PASS ISSUED TO THE 1ST PETITIONER. EXT.P2: COPY OF THE FREE PASS ISSUED TO THE 2ND PETITIONER. EXT.P3: COPY OF THE FREE PASS ISSUED TO THE 3RD PETITIONER. EXT.P4: COPY OF THE RELIEVING ORDER ISSUED TO THE 4TH PETITIONER. EXT.P5: COPY OF THE JUDGMENT OF HONOURABLE HIGH COURT IN WP(C) NO. 36696/2009. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS:- NIL. //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE rs HARUN-UL-RASHID,J. ------------------------------- W.P.(C). NO. 28753 OF 2011 ------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioners are retired employees of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (for short 'Corporation'). The petitioners pray for a direction to the Corporation to disburse the terminal leave surrender salary to them immediately. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are legally entitled to get their terminal leave surrender salary immediately on retirement, but, the respondents failed to arrange payment within a reasonable time from the date of retirement. 2. When the matter is taken up for admission today, the learned standing counsel for the Corporation submits that the terminal leave surrender salary, to which the petitioners are legally entitled, will be disbursed within a period of one month. The submission is recorded. Some other employees of the Corporation moved this Court for the very same relief by filing W.P.(C). -2- W.P.(C).No.28753/2011 No.14585/2011 and connected cases. The relief sought for in those cases were allowed by this Court and a direction was issued to the Corporation to calculate and disburse the terminal leave surrender salary expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Following the aforesaid decision of this Court, there will be a direction to the respondent-Corporation to disburse the terminal leave surrender salary due to the petitioners expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. HARUN-UL-RASHID, Judge. kcv.