IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 9TH MARCH 2011 / 18TH PHALGUNA 1932 WP(C).No. 6280 of 2011(H) ------------------------- OPMV.775/1996 of MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, KOTTAYAM .................... PETITIONER(S): --------------- P.S.JOSEPH, S/O.P.V.DEVASSYA, AGED 73 YEARS, PUTHENPURAKKAL HOUSE, KUTTAMANNOOR P.O., ATHIRAMPUZHA VILLAGE, KOTTAYAM TALUK, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.M.ZIRAJ RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KOTTAYAM-686001. 2. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KSRTC, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY SRI.V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC FOR R2 GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.M.A.ASIF THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09/03/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------------------- W.P(C).No.6280 of 2011 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 9th March, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner is one among the claimants in O.P(MV)No.775 of 1996 on the files of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kottayam. In that claim petition the petitioner and his wife Smt.Thressiamma Joseph claimed the sum of Rs.15,00,000/- as compensation. The grievance voiced by the petitioner is that though the award passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kottayam has attained finality with the judgment of this Court in M.A.C.A.No.175 of 2003, till date the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation has not deposited the award amount. In this writ petition the petitioner seeks a direction to the first respondent, the District Collector, Kottayam to realise the amount covered by the award passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. 2. When the writ petition came up for admission today, Sri.V.V.Nandagopal Nambiar, learned standing counsel appearing for the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, submitted on W.P(C) NO.6280/2011 -:2:- instructions that the Corporation will deposit the award amount in the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kottayam within two months from today. In the light of the said submission and the stand now taken by the Corporation it may not be necessary for the District Collector, Kottayam to proceed to recover the award amount under the provisions of the Kerala Revenue Recovery Act. I accordingly dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the second respondent to deposit the amount awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kottayam in O.P(MV)No.775 of 1996 together with interest and costs as directed in the award passed by the Tribunal expeditiously and in any event within two months from today. Upon such deposit being made it will be open to the petitioner to move the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal for payment in terms of the award. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge. ahg. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P(C).No.6280 of 2011 ---------------------------- JUDGMENT 9th March, 2011