IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 2ND SEPTEMBER 2011 / 11TH BHADRA 1933 WP(C).No. 29178 of 2006(W) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM REP. BY ITS DEPUTY LAW OFFICER SRI.RENJITH JOSEPH. BY ADV. SRI.V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR,SC, KSRTC RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. SRI.G.SADANANDAN, RETIRED CONDUCTOR, K.S.R.T.C., PEROORKADA DEPOT, RESIDING AT `KEDARAM', V.P.13/617, VATTIYOORKAVU, PEROORKADA VILLAGE, KODUNGANNUR P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. KERALA LOK AYUKTA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.ANTONY MUKKATH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 02/09/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C).No. 29178 of 2006(W) APPENDIX -------------- PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS ----------------------------------- P1: TRUE COPY OF THE COMPLAINT NO.10 OF 2006 DT.3.1.2006 P2: TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER NO. LR8/023330/97 DT.23.4.2004 P3: TRUE COPY OF THE COMMON ORDER DT.22.8.2006 OF KERALA LOK AYUKTA IN COMPLAINT NO.10/2006. RESPPONDENT'S EXHIBITS : NIL //TRUE COPY// PA TO JUDGE S. Siri Jagan, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W.P(C) No. 29178 of 2006 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this, the 2nd day of September, 2011. J U D G M E N T This writ petition is filed by the Managing Director of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation challenging Ext.P3 order of the Lok Ayukta in Complaint No. 10/2006, wherein the Lok Ayukta directed payment of arrears of revised pay for the period from 1.3.1997 to 31.10.1999 as also provident fund amounts. The challenge is on the ground that the jurisdiction of the Kerala Lok Ayukta to deal with service matters is limited to pension and allied matters only and insofar as arrears of pay is not a matter relating to pension, the Lok Ayukta did not have jurisdiction in respect of the same. 2. Despite service of notice on the 1st respondent, the 1st respondent has not chosen to enter appearance and contest the matter. There is no appearance on behalf of the petitioner also. 3. On 7.11.2006, this Court passed the following interim order: “Ext.P3 to the extent it directs release of salary arrears to the party respondent will be kept in abeyance. But it is made clear that Ext.P3 to the extent it directs payment of amounts due by way of Provident Fund will continue to operate.” In view of the fact that in the Kerala Lok Ayukta Act, the jurisdiction of the Lok Ayukta in respect of service matters is confined to matters relating to pension, it is clear that the Lok Ayukta did not have jurisdiction to deal with the claim of the 1st respondent for arrears of pay. W.P(C) No. 29178 of 2006 -: 2 :- Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of in terms of the interim order dated 7.11.2006. Sd/- S. Siri Jagan, Judge. Tds/