IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 4TH AUGUST 2010 / 13TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 24345 of 2010(P) ---------------------------------- PETITIONERS: --------------- 1. K.JAYAKUMAR,(INSPECTOR ,KSRTC,KILIMANOOR DEPOT, RETIRED ON 31/3/2010)ASWATHY, PAPPALA, KILIMANOOR PO, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. M.ALI AKBAR,(CHARGE MAN, KSRTC, PEROORKADA,RETIRED ON 31/3/2010) JASMIN MANZIL, TC.1/833(1)KUMARAPURAM, MEDICAL COLLEGE PO, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. S.KUMARA PILLAI, (VEHICLE SUPERVISOR,KSRTC,POOVAR DEPORT, RETIRED ON 31/3/2010)KUMARA MANGALAM,ARUMANOOR KADA, THIRUPURAM PO, NEYYATTINKARA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. P.SOMAN PANICKER, (VEHICLE SUPERVISOR,KSRTC,TVM CENTRAL DEPORT, RETIRED ON 31.3.2010)VATTAVILA VEEDU, KEEZHOOR, POONKULAM, VELLAYANI. 5. V.DEVAPALAN NAIR, (GERAGE MAZDOOR, KSRTC,TVM CITY DEPOT, VOLUNTARILY RETIRED ON 28/2/2010)APSARA, SRA 206, ELIPOSE, VALIYAVILA,THIRUMALA PO THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. MR.K.P.RAJEEVAN RESPONDENT: ----------------- KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV.MR. V.V.NANDAGOPA NAMBIAR, SC FOR KSRTC. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.24345 OF 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 4th day of August, 2010. J U D G M E N T The petitioners are the retired employees of the respondent-Corporation. The petitioners submit that they are entitled for the terminal leave surrender on the next day of their retirement and in spite of the requests made by them, the said amount has not been paid by the respondent. The petitioners are relying upon the judgment of this Court in W.P.(C) No.36696 of 2009, a copy of which has been produced as Exhibit P6 herein. It is submitted that the petitioners are in urgent need of money to meet their medical expenses and to clear of their liabilities. 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are legally entitled to get their terminal leave surrender salary immediately on their retirement. In that view of the matter, there will be a direction to the respondent to consider the sanction of the benefits and disburse W.P.(C) No.24345/2010 2 the amount after conducting due enquiry expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of six weeks. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp