THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 7TH JANUARY 2011 / 17TH POUSHA 1932 WP(C).No. 37995 of 2010(Y) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- V.VASANTHA, UD CLERK, (RETIRED FROM S.N.COLLEGE, SIVAGIRI, VARKALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT), RESIDING AT BISMI, MEENAMBALAM, PUTHENKULAM P.O., KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.M.V.THAMBAN SRI.R.REJI SMT.THARA THAMBAN SRI.B.BIPIN SMT.REVATHY P.NAIR RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, VIKAS BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. 3. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, KOLLAM-691001. 4. THE PRINCIPAL, SREE NARAYANA COLLEGE, SIVAGIRI, VARKALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT, PIN-695141. 5. THE PRINCIPAL, SREE NARAYANA COLLEGE, PUNALUR, KOLLAM DISTRICT-691305. 6. THE PRINCIPAL, SREE NARAYANA COLLEGE, CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT-688524. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT. NISHA BOSE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J. ------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.37995 Of 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 7th DAY OF JANUARY, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner retired from service as an Upper Division Clerk on 31.3.2006, while working in S.N.College, Punalur. The claim is for payment of arrears of salary as well as pay fixation arrears from 1997. 2. Initially, the petitioner was appointed as a peon in S.N.College, Varkala. Later, she was promoted as Lower Division Clerk while working at S.N.College Cherthala and finally she was promoted as Upper Division Clerk on 6.6.2001 while working at S.N.College, Cherthala. She attained superannuation on 31.3.2006. The petitioner has detailed in paragraph No.3 various amounts still remaining unpaid. It appears that there was some delay on the part of the Colleges also. Finally, S.N.College, Sivagiri forwarded Exhibit P1 bill to the 3rd respondent Deputy Director of Education. According to the petitioner, there is unreasonable delay on the part of the Deputy Director of Education in approving the bill, etc. It is in these circumstances that the petitioner has approached the Director of Collegiate W.P.(C)No.37995/10 -2- Education as per Exhibit P2 representation. 3. The petitioner has retired from service on 31.3.2006 and even after the lapse of four years and nine months, the petitioner is yet to receive some part of the monetary benefits. Such a situation cannot be appreciated at all. The petitioner has detailed in the Writ Petition the efforts taken by the petitioner to visit all these Colleges to get the details and to forward the same to the 3rd respondent. Strangely, the 3rd respondent has also not given a reply to the petitioner so far pointing out any defects to be cured or any other information to be collected or furnished to the 3rd respondent. 4. All these aspects will be considered by the 2nd respondent and appropriate direction will be issued in the matter to enable the petitioner to receive due benefits within a period of one month from the date of production of a copy of this judgment. The petitioner will produce a copy of tis Writ Petition along with a copy of this judgment for compliance. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. Sd/-( T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE). dsn