IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID THURSDAY, THE 28TH JULY 2011 / 6TH SRAVANA 1933 WP(C).No. 20557 of 2011(T) ---------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------- 1. K.M.MUSTHAFA(CONDUCTOR,KSRTC, CHERTHALA DEPOT,RETIRED ON 30/6/2002),FAIZINA MANZIL, PANAVALLY PO, CHERTHALA,PIN 688 566. 2. P.B.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,(STATION MASTER, KSRTC,CHERTHALA DEPOT,RETIRED ON 30/4/2004) DHANWANTHARI,PANAVALLY PO, CHERTHALA PIN 688 566. 3. S.RADHAKRISHNAN,(CONDUCTOR,KSRTC, PEROORKADA DEPOT.,RETIRED ON 31/3/2004),KRISHNA KRIPA,UDAYA PURAM,KATTAYIKONAM PO, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.P.RAJEEVAN RESPONDENT(S): -------------------- KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REP.BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR,TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695 023. NY ADV. SRI. V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC., K.S.R.T.C. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/07/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: svs W.P.(C). NO. 20557/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1: COPY OF FREE PASS ISSUED TO THE 1ST PETITIONER, DATED NIL. P1(a):COPY OF FREE PASS ISSUED TO THE 2ND PETITIONER, DATED NIL. P1(b):COPY OF FREE PASS ISSUED TO THE 1ST PETITIONER, DATED NIL. P2: COPY OF CLAUSE XII OF THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT DATED 28/11/2008. P3: COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 25/02/2011 IN WPC.NO.6028/2011. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL /TRUE COPY/ P.A. TO JUDGE. svs HARUN-UL-RASHID,J. ------------------------------- W.P.(C). NO.20557 OF 2011 ------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF JULY, 2011 JUDGMENT Petitioners retired from the services of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC). 2. The relief sought for in the writ petition is for an order directing the respondent to revise the monthly pension of the petitioners based on Clause XII of the 'bilateral agreement dated 28/11/2008 and to disburse the amount with arrears immediately. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel for the KSRTC. 4. The issue involved in this writ petition can be disposed of in terms of the directions in the judgment in W.P.(C). No.34325/2010 and connected matters. This Court after hearing W.P.(C).No.34325/2010 and connected matters directed the Corporation to disburse the arrears of pension, after taking into consideration the agreement dated 28/11/2008. The facts of this -2- W.P.(C).No.20557/2011 case are similar to the case so decided and therefore the petitioners are entitled to get the same relief as has been granted in the said case. 5. A Division Bench of this Court in Writ Appeal No.210/2010 also took a similar view and appropriate directions were issued to the Corporation to pay the amount due to the appellants therein. In the above circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to disburse the benefits payable to the petitioners in terms of the directions in the judgment in W.P.(C).No.34325/2010 and connected matters. The benefits shall be disbursed to the petitioners within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. It is made clear that in case of failure on the part of the Corporation to disburse the benefits to the petitioners within the time stipulated above, the amount shall carry interest at 6% per annum. HARUN-UL-RASHID, Judge. kcv.