IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI FRIDAY, THE 27TH JUNE 2008 / 6TH ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 19397 of 2008(H) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ S.NANDAKUMAR, SALES CLERK, SREE CHITHIRA, TIRUNAL HINDUMATHA, GRANTHASAALA (S.C.T.H.T. LIBRARY), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.S.JAYAKRISHNAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, O/O THE SECRETARY, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN, SC, TDB FOR R1 &2 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.GIRI, J ------------------- W.P.(C).19397/2008 -------------------- Dated this the 27th day of June, 2008 JUDGMENT Aggrieved by the non payment of subsistence allowance for the period during which he was kept under suspension from 5.7.2006 to 3.5.2008, petitioner has preferred Ext.P7 representation, which is pending consideration by the Travancore Devaswom Board. 2. I heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the Devaswom Board. 3. Subsistence allowance obviously cannot be denied to an employee who is kept under suspension. In the result, writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to look into Ext.P7 and take appropriate steps to see that the subsistence allowance due to the petitioner for the period when he was kept under suspension, is disbursed within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. V.GIRI, Judge mrcs