IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH MAY 2009 / 6TH JYAISHTA 1931 WP(C).No. 10764 of 2007(F) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- P.K.PADMINI, W/O. A.K.BHASKARAN, MATTATHIL HOUSE, MANNANCHERRY, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. BY ADV. MR.K.R.RAGHUNATH. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. THE ALAPPUZHA MUNICIPALITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, ALAPPUZHA. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN AFFAIRS, DIRECTORATE OF URBAN AFFAIRS, PUBLIC OFFICE BUILDING, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, LOCAL FUND AUDIT, ALAPPUZHA. R2 & R3 BY SR.GOVT. PLEADER SMT. ANU SIVARAMAN, R1 BY ADVS. MR. M.K. CHANDRAMOHAN DAS, SC, MR. ANILKUMAR K.N. PILLAI. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27/05/2009,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C). NO.10764/2007-F: APPENDIX PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS: EXT.P.1: COPY OF THE LETTER DTD. 21/02/2004 ISSUED BY THE R.1. EXT.P.2: COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION BY THE R.3. DTD. 28/04/2004. EXT.P.3: COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DTD.15/04/2004 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER. EXT.P.4: COPY OF THE LETTER DTD. 20/01/2005 ISSUED BY THE R.1. EXT.P.5: COPY OF THE ORDER NO. A7-15-4876/1994 DTD. 04/06/2007 DTD. 04/06/2007. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS: NIL. //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE. Prv. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W.P.(C) Nos.10764/2007 and 11822/2009 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this the 27th day of May, 2009 JUDGMENT Heard Sri. K.R. Reghunath, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Smt. Anu Sivaraman, the learned Government Pleader appearing for the State of Kerala and Sri. M.K. Chandra Mohan Das, the learned standing counsel appearing for the Alappuzha Municipality. 2. The petitioner in W.P.(C) No.10764 of 2007 is the widow of a pensioner who is receiving family pension. Petitioners 1 to 13 in W.P.(C) No.11822 of 2009 are pensioners and petitioners 14 and 15 are daughters of former employees of the Alappuzha Municipality who are receiving family pension. Their grievance is that though the pension/family pension payable to them has been revised with effect from 1-4-2005, arrears of pension/family pension have not so far been disbursed to them. 3. The learned standing counsel appearing for the Alappuzha Municipality submits that revised pension/family pension is being paid with effect from December, 2008 and that the Alappuzha Municipality has moved the Deputy Director of Local Fund Audit, Alappuzha to sanction payment of arrears of pension/family pension at the revised rates. The learned standing counsel also submits that arrears of pension/family pension W.P.(C) No. 10764/2007 & Con.case 2 will be disbursed to the petitioners within three months from the date on which sanction is accorded for such payment by the Deputy Director of Local Fund Audit, Alappuzha. The learned Government Pleader appearing for the State of Kerala submits that the Deputy Director of Local Fund Audit, Alappuzha will pass expeditious orders on the request made by the Alappuzha Municipality for sanction to pay arrears of revised pension/family pension to the petitioners. 4. In the light of the undertaking made on behalf of the Alappuzha Municipality that arrears of pension/family pension will be disbursed to the petitioners within three months from the date on which sanction for such payment is accorded by the Deputy Director of Local Fund Audit, Alappuzha, I direct the Deputy Director of Local Fund Audit, Alleppey to pass orders on the request made by the Alappuzha Municipality for sanction to pay arrears of revised pension/family pension to the petitioners within one month from the date on which the petitioners produce a certified copy of this judgment. The Deputy Director of Local Fund Audit, Alappuzha shall after orders are passed on the request made by the Alappuzha Municipality forthwith communicate a copy of the order to the Secretary, Alappuzha Municipality. The Alappuzha Municipality shall upon such permission being accorded, disburse to the petitioners the arrears W.P.(C) No. 10764/2007 & Con.case 3 of pension/family pension within three months from the date on which sanction is accorded by the Deputy Director of Local Fund Audit, Alappuzha. The writ petitions are disposed of as above. P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE. mn.