IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 8TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 19TH MAGHA 1929 WP(C).No. 1121 of 2008(H) ------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY LAW OFFICER, SRI.RANJITH JOSEPH. BY ADV. SHRI.JOHNSON P.JOHN, SC, KSRTC RESPONDENT: ------------------ K.B.SUKUMARAN NAIR, (RTD.INSPECTOR, KILIMANOOR UNIT), KIZHAKKEVILA VEEDU, T.C.2/144, WEST OF CHIRA, SANTHI NAGAR, KAZHAKUTTOM P.O., TRIVANDRUM. BY THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ALONG WITH W.P.(C) NO.1138 OF 2008 AND 1139 OF 2008 ON 08/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C).No. 1121 of 2008 APPENDIX EXT.P1: TRUE COPY OF THE COMPLAINT NO.1108/2007 DTD 21.6.2007. EXT.P2: COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 16.10.2007 ISSUED BY KERALA LOK AYUKTA. EXT.P3: COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 20.11.2002 OF THE HONOURABLE HIGH COURT OF KERALA IN W.A. NO.289/2001. EXT.P4: COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 29.8.2002 OF THE HON'BLE SUPREME COURT. EXT.P5: COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 20.7.2007. EXT.P5(a): COPY OF ORDER DATED 15.9.2007. EXT.P6: COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 9.8.2007 OF THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF KERALA IN W.P.(C) NO.19040/2007. EXT.P7: COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 6.7.2007 OF THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF KERALA IN W.A. NO.1642/2007. TRUE COPY PA TO JUDGE. S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ----------------------------------------------- W.P.(C)Nos.1121, 1138 & 1139 OF 2008 ------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 8th day of February, 2008 JUDGMENT In all these cases the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation challenges orders of the Lok Ayukta by which the Loak Ayukta has directed payment of retirement benefits to three of its employees notwithstanding the scheme framed by a Division Bench of this Court directing disbursal of retirement benefits in accordance with the priority of date of retirement. A Division Bench of this Court in The Managing Director, KSRTC Vs. T. Padmavathy [2008 (1) ILR Kerala 378] has held that although the Lok Ayukta has jurisdiction to entertain applications for retirement benefits, the Lok Ayukta cannot pass orders against the scheme framed by the Division Bench of this Court. Following that judgment, these writ petitions are allowed and the impugned orders are quashed. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd