IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN MONDAY, THE 30TH JUNE 2008 / 9TH ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 19559 of 2008(C) -------------------------- OPMV.2024/1995 of IST ADDL.MOTOR ACCIDENTS CLAIMS TRIBUNAL,KOZHIKODE. .................... PETITIONER: P. LEELAVATHI, D/O.KARUPPAMMA, AGED 35, KALLATHAKADAVU COLONY, PUTHIYARA.P.O, KOZHIKODE. BY ADV. SRI.K.M.JAMALUDHEEN SMT.LATHA PRABHAKARAN RESPONDENTS: 1. ALAVI, S/O. ABDURAHIMAN HAJI, KISSAN MOTORS, P.O. PATHAPPARIYAM, MANJERI, MALAPPURAM DT. 2. CYRIAC, S/O. CHANDY, PANACHICKKAL HOUSE, PALLIKULAM.P.O, KAVUMBRAM, MANJERI. 3. THE UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD., ARAFA BUILDING, COURT ROAD, MANJERI. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J ================== W.P (C) .No.19559 of 2008 ================== Dated this the 30th day of June, 2008. J U D G M E N T The petitioner in this writ petition is the claimant in O.P.(M.V.)No. 2024/1995 before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kozhikode in which Ext.P1 award was passed by the Tribunal, wherein, after directing release of an amount of Rs.25,000/- to the petitioner out of the amounts awarded as compensation, the balance amount was directed to be deposited in the name of the petitioner in a Nationalised Bank in a Fixed Deposit, for a period of three years. The petitioner now submits that although the three year period has been over in a petition for release of the Fixed Deposit to the petitioner, the Tribunal has only permitted withdrawal of Rs.50,000/-, on the ground that the petitioner is an unmarried woman. The petitioner points out that she is not an unmarried woman, but a married woman with two minor children. W.P (C) .No.19559 of 2008 - 2 - 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. In so far as the period for which the amount has been deposited as per the award is over and the petitioner is a married woman with children, I am of opinion that the order of Tribunal is not correct. Accordingly, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kozhikode, to release the Fixed Deposit and the amount covered by the same to the petitioner within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE rhs