IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH JANUARY 2008 / 26TH POUSHA 1929 WP(C).No. 1894 of 2008(A) -------------------------------- OPMV.724/1995 of MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, TRIVANDRUM .................... PETITIONER: -------------- SUBASH LAL (MINOR) REPRESENTED BY FATHER AND NATURAL GUARDIAN RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, CHAITHRAM, EDAKKODU, NEMOM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.R.NARENDRAN NAIR SRI. K.T. SHYAM KUMAR RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. K. PRABHAKARAN, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/01/2008, ALONG WITH W.P.(C) NO. 2011 OF 2008 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C) Nos.1894, 1895, 1943, 1956 & 2011 OF 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 16th January, 2008 J U D G M E N T Ext. P1 in these writ petitions are awards passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals ordering compensation to the respective claimants in these cases. The complaint of the writ petitioners is that despite long lapse of time and the finality that the awards have attained, the respondent Corporation has not deposited the compensation ordered. The only justification that is sought to be projected by the Standing Counsel for the Corporation for non- payment, is the financial constraints. In view of the fact that the awards have become final and binding between the parties and that long period has already elapsed, I do not find any justification for the inordinate delay in depositing the compensation. 2. In view of the above position, I dispose of these writ petitions directing that the respondent Corporation shall deposit the compensation awarded in Ext. P1 in these cases as expeditiously as W.P.(C) Nos. 1894, 1855/08 etc. -2- possible, at any rate within three months of production of a copy of this judgment. ANTONY DOMINIC JUDGE jan/-