IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 6TH AUGUST 2010 / 15TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 24770 of 2010(U) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- P.PRASANNAKUMARI, W/O.LATE K.K.BALAN, SUPRENDENT (RETD), KSRTC, THOTTILPALAM, KRISHNA NIVAS, KARUVANTHIRUTHY P.O., FEROKE, KOZHIKODE. BY ADV. SRI.P.P.SOMAN NAIR RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23. 2. THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23. 3. THE ASSISTANT ACCOUNTS OFFICER (PENSION), KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-23. 4. THE ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, THOTTILPALAM. SRI. V.V. NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC, KSRTC. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ---------------------------------------- WP (C) No. 24770 of 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 6th day of August, 2010 J U D G M E N T -------------------------- The petitioner retired from the service of the KSRTC as Superintendent on 31.03.2010. The pensionery benefits like DCRG and CVP etc. were not sanctioned and paid to the petitioner so far. 2. The marriage of the only daughter of the petitioner was held on 25.04.2010. It is averred that petitioner is a widow who belongs to a poor family and she has no other source of income except the monthly pension. The petitioner fixed the marriage of her daughter with the bonafide relief that she will get the retirement benefits for the purpose, for which she had filed Exhibit P3 representation. It is pointed out that she had availed a loan of Rs.2,50,000/- from the Karuvanthiruthi Service Cooperative Bank and she has to repay the interest in monthly instalments amounting to Rs.7,292/-. It is in these circumstances, the petitioner has filed this writ petition. 2 WP (C) No. 24770 of 2010 3. The disbursement of retirement benefits is governed by the directions issued by a Division Bench of this Court in Writ Appeal 289/01 and based on the Guide lines, the retirement benefits would be disbursed strictly on the basis of the date of retirement unless otherwise ordered by the order of this Court. Here the reason shown is a genuine one. 4. Heard the learned standing counsel for the Corporation. 5. There will be a direction to the first respondent to conduct a due enquiry into the claim of petitioner. There will be a further direction to disburse the retirement benefits within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE. rkc