IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 31ST JANUARY 2011 / 11TH MAGHA 1932 WP(C).No. 3067 of 2011(G) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. LAKSHMI DEVI.S., W/O.RAJASEKHARAN, KOOTHAPILLY HOUSE, (NMRRA-3), MANIMALA ROAD, EDAPPALLY, KOCHI - 682 024. 2. DEEPTI RAJASEKHARAN, KOOTHAPILLY HOUSE, (NMRRA-3), MANIMALA ROAD, EDAPPALLY, KOCHI - 682 024. 3. KEERTHI RAJASEKHARAN, KOOTHAPILLY HOUSE, (NMRRA-3), MANIMALA ROAD, EDAPPALLY, KOCHI - 682 024. BY ADV. SMT.P.K.RADHIKA RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, VAIDYUTHI BHAVANAM, PATTOM PALACE P.O. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 4. 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, HRMS, VAIDYUTHI BHAVANAM, PATTOM PALACE P.O. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 4. ADV.K.S.ANIL, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J. ================== W.P.(C).No. 3067 of 2011 ================== Dated this the 31st day of January, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioners are the legal heirs of late Rajasekharan Nair, who was an employee of the 1st respondent-Kerala State Electricity Board. He retired from service subsequent to 1.7.2003. The Electricity Board has revised the pay of the employees with effect from 1.7.2003 retrospectively. The petitioners' grievance in this writ petition is that commuted value of pension due to late Rajasekharan Nair was not calculated on the basis of the revised pay, which he was entitled to. The petitioners, therefore, seek the following reliefs: “(a) issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to extend the benefits of enhanced DCRG and enhanced rate of commutation of pension on the revised pension consequent on the revision of pay of Late Rajasekharan Nair the petitioners herein are (sic) his legal heirs. (b) issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ order or direction calling for the records leading to the issuance of clause 6.1, 7.1 and 7.2 of Ext.P1 order and to quash the provisions discriminating pensioners based on the date of retirement.” 2. This Court has in W.P.(C).No.26661/2009 and connected cases held that the employees of the Kerala State Electricity Board who retired subsequent to 1.7.2003 are entitled to have their commuted value of pension calculated on the basis of the revised pay. Following that judgment, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to disburse the balance commuted value of pension w.p.c.3067/11 2 due to late Rajasekharan Nair, calculated on the basis of his revised pay with effect from 1.7.2003, 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