IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 31ST MARCH 2009 / 10TH CHAITHRA 1931 WP(C).No. 35374 of 2007(J) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- C.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, PANAVOOR PUTHEN VEEDU, BHAGAVATHY NAGAR, NEAR N.C.C.ROAD, PEROORKADA P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DIST. BY ADV. SRI.S.RAJASEKHARAN NAIR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV. SHRI.JOHNSON P.JOHN, SC, KSRTC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 31/03/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C).No. 35374/07. APPENDIX PETITIONER(S)' EXHIBITS P1. COPY OF THE ORDER DTD.8.3.2001. P2. COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM DTD.6.9.02. P3. COPY OF THE ORDER DTD.21.5.05. P4. COPY OF THE JUDGEMENT IN O.P.No. 2286/03 OF THIS COURT. P5. COPY OF THE OFFICE MEMORANDUM DTD.10.7.06. P6. COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DTD.28.10.06 TO R1. Sdk+ ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P(C).No.35374 of 2007 ================== Dated this the 31st day of March, 2009 J U D G M E N T The petitioner, who is a retired employee of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, is aggrieved by non-reckoning of his provisional service for the purpose of calculating retirement benefits. According to the petitioner, in view of the decision of this Court in Idicula Abraham v. K.S.R.T.C. and others [2005 (2) KLJ 602], provisional service rendered by the employees of the KSRTC prior to 1.10.1994 is liable to be counted as qualifying service. The petitioner filed Ext.P6 representation before the 1st respondent in this regard. However, for the present, the petitioner would be satisfied with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P6 within a time frame. 2. I have heard the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the Corporation also. 3. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P6, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment. Sd/- sdk+ S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE ///True copy/// P.A. to Judge 2