IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 1ST APRIL 2009 / 11TH CHAITHRA 1931 WP(C).No. 9020 of 2009(V) ---------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------------- TIJU.K.JOHN, D/O.K.T.JOHN, AGED 31 YEARS KANDOTH HOUSE, PULINTHANAM P.O., PARAMBUMCHERY, POTHANIKADU VILLAGE, MUVATTUPUZHA TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.BINOI GEORGE (CHERUKARA) SRI.R.DIVAKARAN SRI.VINUCHAND RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, RPRESENTED BY CHIEF SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION, HOUSING BOARD BUILDINGS, SANTHI NAGAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. SR. GOVT. PLEADER SRI. A.J.VARGHESE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01/04/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------- W.P(C) No. 9020 of 2009-V ------------------------------ Dated this the 1st day of April, 2009. J U D G M E N T Heard Sri.Binoi George Cherukara, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri.A.J.Varghese, the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. 2. The petitioner, an aided Higher Secondary School Teacher applied for reimbursement of the sum of Rs.1,87,789/- incurred by him to provide medical care to his father. By Ext.P1 order passed on dated 11.12.2008, the Director of Higher Secondary Education accorded sanction for payment of the sum of Rs.1,36,219/- being 80% of the admissible expenditure of Rs.1,70,274/- incurred by the petitioner for providing medical care to his father at Medical Trust Hospital, Kochi. The Director of Higher Secondary Education also directed that expenditure on that account shall be met from the budget provision for the financial year 2008-09. The grievance voiced by the petitioner is that till date the amount sanctioned as per Ext.P1 has not been disbursed. 3. The learned Government Pleader appearing for the W.P(C) No. 9020 of 2009-V 2 respondents submits on instructions that the amount sanctioned as per Ext.P1 was not released for want of funds and that payment will be made during the financial year 2009-2010. 4. Ext.P1 order discloses that the Director of Higher Secondary Education had accorded sanction as early as on 11.12.2008 to pay to the petitioner, the sum of Rs.1,36,219/- being 80% of the admissible expenditure of Rs.1,70,274/-. Though the Director of Higher Secondary Education had sanctioned payment during the financial year 2008-09, payment was not made during that financial year. In the light of the submission made at the Bar by the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the competent authority among the respondents to disburse to the petitioner the amounts sanctioned as per Ext.P1 dated 11.12.2008 within four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment. Sd/- P.N.RAVINDRAN JUDGE //True Copy// PA to Judge ab W.P(C) No. 9020 of 2009-V 3