IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 2ND AUGUST 2010 / 11TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 24065 of 2010(G) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- JOSEPH DISILVA, S/O.PASCAL KAMBIKKAKAM HOUSE, VALIYAVELI PO THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.N.SASIDHARAN UNNITHAN RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. THE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE KERALA FISHERMEN'S WELFARE FUND BOARD M.P.APPAN ROAD, VAZHUTHACAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT HOUSING BOARD BUILDING, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 001 GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.P.NARYANAN. ADV.SRI. ASOK M. CHERIYAN, SC. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRIJAGAN, J. ------------------------------------------ WP (C) No. 24065 of 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 2nd day of August, 2010 J U D G M E N T -------------------------- The petitioner is the husband of late Philomina, a fisher woman who died on 23.04.2005 in an accident. She was a member of the Kerala Fishermen's Welfare Fund Board and a beneficiary of the group insurance scheme of the 2nd respondent. The petitioner claimed insurance money in respect of the death of the petitioner's wife. Exhibit P5 is the claim form submitted in this regard. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Exhibit P5 expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned Government pleader appearing for the 2nd respondent, as well as the standing counsel appearing for the first respondent. 2 WP (C) No. 24065 of 2010 Having heard both sides, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Exhibit P5, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. S.SIRIJAGAN, JUDGE. rkc