IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 2ND APRIL 2008 / 13TH CHAITHRA 1930 WP(C).No. 1647 of 2008(U) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- N.G.SUKUMARAN, S/O.GOVINDAN, NIKARTHIL HOUSE, KANICHUKULANGARA P.O., CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.ANANDARAJAN.N, ADV. SRI.K.K.MANGALANANDAN. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23 2. THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR & CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23. 3. THE ASSISTANT ACCOUNT OFFICER (PENSION), KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, CHERTHALA. BY ADV. SRI. JOHNSON P. JOHN, S.C. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/04/2008,ALONG WITH W.P.(C). NO. 9056/2008 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ======================= W.P.(C) Nos. 1647, 6066, 8570, 8614, 8855, 9056, 9102, 9128, 9157 & 9252 of 2008 ======================= Dated this the 2nd day of April, 2008 JUDGMENT In these ten cases the petitioners are retired employees of the KSRTC. As per the scheme framed by this Court for payment of retirement benefits due to the retired employees of the KSRTC, the retired employees have to stand in the queue in accordance with the priority of date of retirement. The petitioners have sought out turn payment, for which, according to the petitioners, provision is made in the scheme framed by this Court. The petitioners submit that they are in dire need of money for conducting marriage of their daughters which have already been scheduled, to prove which, they have produced documents along with the writ petitions. I had directed the Standing Counsel for the KSRTC to ascertain the genuineness of the claims. The learned Standing Counsel reports that the claims of the petitioners are genuine. 2. A Division Bench of this Court had in similar cases W.P.(C) No.1647/2008 & Con. Cases -2- permitted such out of turn payment for the purpose of marriage of daughters of the petitioners in those writ petitions with certain conditions. Accordingly, following the Division Bench decision in W.P.(C) No.33094/2007 and connected cases, I pass the following directions in these writ petitions: The KSRTC shall pay to the petitioners the balance retirement benefits due to them within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The payment shall be made from other funds of the KSRTC and not from the 10 per cent collection set apart for paying amounts due to the pensioners who are waiting in the queue. The writ petitions are disposed of as above. Sd/- S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE jp /True copy/ P.A. to Judge