IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 9TH FEBRUARY 2011 / 20TH MAGHA 1932 WP(C).No. 3718 of 2011(L) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- 1. GEORGE JOSE, S/O.OUSEPH GEORGE, THIPARAMBIL HOUSE, ROOM NO.24, SRM ROAD, KOCHI -18,(PEON, RETIRED ON 31-10-2005 FROM ERNAKULAM) 2. N.UNNIKRISHNAN, S/O.NARAYANAN NAIR, THANIYALIL HOUSE, SOUTH MARADY P.O., MUVATTUPUZHA.(DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, RETIRED ON 31-5-2007 FROM PERUMBAVOOR, PENSION FROM MUVATTUPUZHA AND SALARY CARD AT PERUMBAVOOR) 3. T.K.RAVINDRAN, S/O. KRISHNA PILLAI, VILAVIL HOSUE, THIRUMARADY P.O. MUVATTUPUZHA, (ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, RETIRED ON 30-6-2007 FROM MALA PENSION FROM MUVATTUPUZHA AND SALARY CARD AT PERUMBAVOOR) 4. K.B.MUHAMMED, S/O.BHUKARI MAULAVI, SABITHA COTTAGE, CHANDIROOR P.O. CHERTHALA. (WELDER, RETIRED ON 31-7-1998 FROM CHERTHALA) 5. K.KADAL KARAYANDI, S/O.KAYI MUTHU, HOUSE NO.21, NETHAJI NAGAR, MULLANKUZHI, COLLECTORATE P.O. KOTTAYAM DISTRICT (PEON RETIRED ON 31-3-2010 FROM PALAI) 6. K.J.MARTIN, S/O.JOSEPH, KARUKAYIL HOUSE, 7/512, MAHATMA, CHOTTANIKKARA (STATION MASTER, RETIRED ON 31-12-2005 FROM ERNAKULAM) BY ADV. SRI.K.P.JUSTINE (KARIPAT) WP(C)NO.3718/2011 RESPONDENT(S): -------------------------- 1. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -23. 2. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KSRTC, ERNAKULAM. 3. THE ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KSRTC, CHERTHALA. 4. THE ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KSRTC, PALAI. 5. THE ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KSRTC, PERUMBAVOOR. R1 RO R5 BY ADV.SRI.V.V. NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC FOR KSRTC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09/02/2011, ALONG WITH WP(C)NO.3847/2011, WP(C)NO.4186/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: sts C.T.RAVIKUMAR, J. ------------------------------------------ W.P.(C)Nos. 3718, 3847 & 4186 of 2011 ------------------------------------------ Dated 9th February, 2011 JUDGMENT The issue involved in these writ petitions is akin to the one heard and decided in W.P.(C)No.34325 of 2010 and connected matters. The petitioners are retirees from the service of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (for short 'Corporation'). The question to be decided is whether the petitioners are entitled to get the salary arrears and pension arrears in terms of bipartite agreement dated 13.4.1999 executed between the Corporation and its employees. Relying on the earlier decision of this Court on the same subject matter, a common judgment was delivered in W.P.(C)No.34325 of 2010 and connected matters directing the respondents to disburse the arrears of salary and pension in view of the above mentioned bipartite settlement dated 13.4.1999. The learned counsel for the petitioners in these writ petitions submitted that the petitioners are entitled to get the similar benefits as has been granted in the case of the petitioners in W.P.(C) No.34325 of 2010 and connected matters as the petitioners herein are similarly situated. The learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents would also endorse the same. In view of the said indisputable position obtained in these cases, I am inclined to dispose of these writ petitions directing the WP(C).No.3718/2011 & connected cases 2 respondents to disburse the benefits payable to the petitioners in these writ petitions viz., arrears of salary and pension in view of the bipartite settlement dated 13.4.1999 executed between the Corporation and its employees, in terms of the directions in W.P.(C)No.34325 of 2010 and connected matters. The same shall be done within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. It is made clear that in case of failure on the part of the respondents to disburse the benefits within the above stipulated time, the amount payable to the petitioners towards the aforesaid benefits shall carry interest @ 8.5% per annum. Sd/- C.T.RAVIKUMAR Judge TKS // True copy // P.S to Judge