IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 3RD AUGUST 2010 / 12TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 24247 of 2010(E) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. B.MOHANAN, LATHA BHAVAN, TC 76/561, MANNAMVILAKATH ANAYARA PO, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, (PUMP OPERATOR (RETD) K.S.R.T.C, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CENTRAL) 2. K.SUNDARESAN NAIR KRISHNA BHAVAN, UDAYANKULANGARA, AMARAVILA PO, NEYYATTINKARA (ASST.DEPOT ENGINEER (RETD) K.S.R.T.C, VELLANAD) BY ADV. SRI.ANANDARAJAN.N RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN,FORT PO, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23. 2. THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR & CHEIF ACCOUNTS OFFICER, K.S.R.T.C FORT PO, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23 3. THE PERSONNEL OFFICER (PENSION) K.S.R.T.C TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT PO THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23. 4. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER K.S.R.T.C THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23. 5. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER K.S.R.T.C VELLANAD DEPOT THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. SHRI V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC, KSRTC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C). No.24247/2010-E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 3rd day of August, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioners are retired employees of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation. The first petitioner retired 31/03/2010 as Pump Operator from the Thiruvananthapuram Central Unit and the second petitioner retired on 31/03/2010 as Assistant Depot Engineer from the Vellanad unit. It is submitted that Terminal Leave Surrender, D.C.R.G and C.V.P have not been disbursed to the petitioners so far. It is further submitted that in order to relieve them from their immediate economic crisis they are in urgent need of money and seeks for a direction to the respondents to disburse the Terminal Leave Surrender salary due to the petitioners immediately. 2. Heard the learned Standing Counsel for the Corporation. 3. As per the Memorandum of Settlement, earned leave upto 300 days can be surrendered at the time of retirement of employees. Therefore, the petitioners are entitled to be disbursed the said amount. There will be a direction to disburse the eligible amount to the petitioners within one month. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms