IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 25TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 6TH PHALGUNA 1930 WP(C).No. 4127 of 2009(N) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- KHADIJA BEEVI, M/O.MANOJ, CHEKKALAYIL VEEDU, EDAVA VILLAGE, EDAVA P.O. BY ADV. SRI.PRATHEESH.P RESPONDENT(S): --------------- MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. MR.JOHNSON P.JOHN, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/02/2009, ALONG WITH WP(C) NO.4128/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ------------------------- W.P.(C.) No.4127 & 4128 of 2009 --------------------------------- Dated, this the 25th day of February, 2009 J U D G M E N T Non payment of compensation awarded by the MACT, Kollam in OP(MV) Nos.1622/2004 & 601/1994 is what is complained of by the petitioners in these writ petitions. 2. By Ext.P2 awards rendered by the Tribunal referred to above, compensation has been awarded for the injuries sustained, to the respective claimants, in motor accidents involving the vehicles belonging to the respondent, and it is on that basis compensation was ordered to be remitted. 3. Even according to the learned standing counsel for the respondent, no appeal has been filed against these awards and if that be so, there is absolutely no justification for the continued delay in payment of the compensation. 4. In view of this, these writ petitions are disposed of directing that the respondent shall remit the compensation as ordered by the MACT, Kollam in the awards in OP(MV) Nos. 1622/2004 & 601/1994. This shall be done as expeditiously as WP(C) No.4127 & 4128/2009 -2- possible, at any rate, within three months of production of a copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) jg