IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN THURSDAY, THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 2010 / 1ST ASWINA 1932 WP(C).No. 29270 of 2010(G) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- J.PAUL DAS, (INSPECTOR, KSRTC, TVM CENTRAL DEPOT, RETIRED ON 31.3.2010), BETHEL, VIKAS NAGAR, SREEKARIYAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM- 695017. BY ADV. SRI.K.P.RAJEEVAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY SRI.V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC FOR KSRTC. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 29270 of 2010 ------------------------------- Dated this the 23rd day of September, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is a former employee of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the 'KSRTC' for short). He retired from service on 31.3.2010 while he was working as Inspector in the KSRTC. Thereupon, payment of pension was sanctioned to him reckoning his total qualifying service as 28 years. The grievance voiced by the petitioner is that the Corporation has arbitrarily reduced one month's service from his total qualifying service of 28 years 6 months and 27 days, and as a result thereof, instead of treating his qualifying service as 29 years, the total qualifying service was reckoned as 28 years, thereby resulting in reduced pension. The petitioner submits that aggrieved thereby, he has filed Ext.P2 representation dated 18.8.2010 before the Managing Director of the Corporation. In this writ petition, he seeks a direction to the Corporation to consider his request in Ext.P2 within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. 2. Sri.V.V.Nandagopal Nambiar, the learned standing counsel appearing for the KSRTC, submits that if the original of Ext.P2 W.P.(C) No.29270 of 2010 2 representation has been received and is pending with the Managing Director of Corporation, the Managing Director will take an appropriate decision in the matter expeditiously and in any event, within a period of three months. In the light of the said submission, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Managing Director of the Corporation to consider Ext.P2 and take an appropriate decision thereon expeditiously and in any event, within a period of three months from the date of production of a copy of this judgment. The Managing Director shall, after a decision is taken in the matter, communicate the decision to the petitioner. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge. nj.