IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 2ND AUGUST 2010 / 11TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 24077 of 2010(H) -------------------------------- PETITIONER: -------------- AMBIKA VASU, W/O.P.T.VASU, CONDUCTOR, KSRTC, CHENGANNUR, REMOVED ON 22/06/1993 AND EXPIRED ON 15/09/2001)VATTATHARA HOUSE, EDAVANAKKAD P.O, 682 502. BY MR.K.P.JUSTINE (KARIPAT), ADVOCATE. RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23. 2. THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR & CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23. 3. THE ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION,CHENGANNUR - 689 121. BY MR.V.V. NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC, KSRTC. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.24077 OF 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 2nd day of August, 2010. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is the wife of late Sri.P.T. Vasu who was a Conductor of the KSRTC. While working in the Chengannur depot, he was removed from service on 22.06.1993 and copy of the proceedings has been produced as Exhibit P2. The petitioner's husband expired on 15.09.2001. The petitioner and her three sons are the legal heirs of late Sri.P.T.Vasu. 2. The present claim is for payment of Provident Fund and Staff Welfare Fund amounts which have not been disbursed to the legal heirs so far in spite of repeated requests. Exhibit P5 is the consent letter issued by the other legal heirs in favour of the petitioner who is their mother. 3. In reply to the representation submitted by the petitioner, by Exhibit P6, the petitioner was informed to contact the concerned Unit Officer for sanctioning the Provident Fund and Staff Welfare Fund amounts. The complaint raised herein is that W.P.(C) No.24077/2010 2 even thereafter actions with regard to the claim for disbursing the amount have not become fruitful. 4. Finally, by Exhibit P9, the petitioner forwarded the required documents for releasing the amount to the 3rd respondent herein. It is pointed out that the 3rd respondent has to verify the documents and forward the same to the 1st respondent for sanction. In that view of the matter, there will be a direction to the 3rd respondent to consider Exhibit P9 along with the documents produced by the petitioner and take appropriate action for getting sanction for payment of Provident Fund and Staff Welfare Fund amounts within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The 1st respondent will thereafter pass orders with regard to the issuance of sanction expeditiously. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp