IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID WEDNESDAY, THE 17TH AUGUST 2011 / 26TH SRAVANA 1933 WP(C).No. 21842 of 2011(E) -------------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------- 1. SMT.ALPHONSA THANKAPPAN, W/O.LATE C.V.THANKAPPAN, AGED 55 YEARS, CHERUKUZHIYIL HOUSE, VARIKOLI P.O., PUTHENCRUZ, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. 2. SMT.P.N.MALATHI, W/O.LATE K.N.VIJAYAN, KULANGARAKUDIYIL HOUSE, RAKKAD P.O., MUVATTUPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.SAJEEV KUMAR K.GOPAL RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 023. 2. THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 023. R1 & R2 BY ADV. SRI.BABU JOSEPH KURUVATHAZHA,SC,KSRTC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/08/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss WPC.NO.21842/2011 E APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1: COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION SUBMITTED BY THE 1ST PETITIONER BEFORE THE 2ND RESPONDENT DTD. 15/11/2010. P2: COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION SUBMITTED BY THE 2ND PETITIONER BEFORE THE 2ND RESPONDENT DTD. 15/11/2010. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: N I L /TRUE COPY/ P.A.TO JUDGE Kss HARUN-UL-RASHID, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 21842 of 2011 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 17th day of August 2011. JUDGMENT The relief sought for in the writ petition is for a direction commanding the 2nd respondent to forthwith sanction the Staff Welfare Fund of late Sri. C.V. Thankappan (PPO 40600), the husband of the 1st petitioner and that of Sri. K.N. Vijayan, (PPO 29299) husband of the 2nd petitioner and disburse the same to the petitioners immediately. Petitioners are the wives of late Sri. C.V.Thankappan and late Sri. K.N.Vijayan respectively who are the retired employees of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and Standing Counsel for the respondents. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are legally entitled to get Staff Welfare Fund immediately on retirement but the respondents failed to arrange payment within a W.P.(C) No.21842/2011 2 reasonable time from the date of retirement. This Court had occasion to consider and pass orders in similar cases namely in W.P.C 20170/2011 and other similar writ petitions filed by retired employees of the Corporation claiming leave salary arrears and Salary Welfare Fund etc. 4. The relief sought for in the said cases were allowed and this Court issued direction to the Corporation to disburse leave salary arrears and the amount due under staff welfare fund. 5. In the above said circumstances and following the above said decision, there will be a direction to the first respondent Corporation to disburse the staff welfare fund due to the petitioners expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. HARUN-UL-RASHID JUDGE al