IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 27TH MARCH 2008 / 7TH CHAITHRA 1930 WP(C).No. 9448 of 2008(Y) ------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ T.K.SEKHARAN, UNNIYANTHARAYIL, S.L.PURAM, NOW RESIDING AT VADAKKECHIRAYIL, KURUPPANKULANGARA P.O., CHERTHALA. (DRIVER (RETD) KSRTC, ALAPPUZHA). BY ADV. SRI.ANANDARAJAN.N 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 DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, K.S.R.T.C., ALAPPUZHA. BY SHRI.JOHNSON P.JOHN, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)No.9448 OF 2008 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 27th day of March, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a retired employee of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation. Before entering regular service, he had provisional service on daily wages in the KSRTC itself. The petitioner would submit that in view of the decision of this Court in Idicula Abraham V. K.S.R.T.C. and others [2005(2) KLJ 602], the petitioner is entitled to reckoning of the provisional service for the computation of retirement benefits. Seeking this relief, the petitioner has filed Ext.P6 representation before the 1st respondent. For the present, the petitioner confines his relief for a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and dispose of Ext.P6 expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned Standing counsel appearing for the respondents also. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and dispose of Ext.P6 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within one month from the date of receipt W.P.(c)No.9448/08 2 of a copy of this judgment. The 1st respondent shall consider the applicability of the above said decision also to the petitioner's case while disposing of Ext.P6. The petitioner shall forward a copy of the writ petition along with a certified copy of this judgment to the 1st respondent for compliance. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd W.P.(c)No.9448/08 3