IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH JANUARY 2009 / 8TH MAGHA 1930 WP(C).No. 27792 of 2006(H) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- HARI GOVIND, S/O. BALAKRISHNA PILLAI, TC/2/1350, PADMAVILASAM, PATTOM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. MR.K.P.RAJEEVAN. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. MOTOR ACCIDENTS CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R1 BY MR. JOHNSON P.JOHN, S.C, K.S.R.T.C. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 28/01/2009,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C). NO.27792/2006-H: APPENDIX PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS: EXT.P.1: COPY OF THE AWARD PASSED BY THE HONOURABLE MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ON 21/10/1995 IN O.P. (M.V) NO. 654/93. EXT.P.2: COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DTD. 05/04/2000 IN M.F.A. NO. 87/1997. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS: NIL. //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE. prv. ANTONY DOMINIC, J. -------------------------------- W.P.(C) NO. 27792 OF 2006 (H) ------------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 28th day of January, 2009 J U D G M E N T The award passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram in O.P.(M.V.) No.654 of 1993 was modified by this Court in the judgment in M.F.A. No.87 of 1997. The complaint of the petitioner is that the first respondent Corporation had not deposited the award amount till date. 2. The award and judgment have become final and there is substantial delay in payment. Therefore, it is ordered that the compensation due under Exhibit P1 award and as modified Exhibit P2 judgment shall be paid as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE skr