IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN MONDAY, THE 7TH DECEMBER 2009 / 16TH AGRAHAYANA 1931 WP(C).No. 34685 of 2009(E) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ V. SHANMUGHAN ASSARI, (CHARGE MAN, KSRTC, KATTAKADA RETIRED ON 30/09/2007) AVR BHAVAN, CHITTIYOORKODE, ANTHIYOORKONAM, KOLLODE.P.O, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. MR.K.P.RAJEEVAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, KSRTC, KATTAKADA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. KERALA STATE HOUSING BOARD REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, HOUSING BOARD BUILDING, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. DEPUTY TAHSILDAR (RR), KERALA STATE HOUSING BOARD, HOUSING BOARD BUILDING, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R1 & R2 BY ADV. MR. V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC, KSRTC R3 & R4 BY ADV. MR.POOVAPPALLY M.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,SC.KSHB THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/12/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN, J ........................................... WP(C).NO. 34685 OF 2009 ............................................ DATED THIS THE 7TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2009 JUDGMENT The petitioner, a former employee of KSRTC had availed a loan from the Housing Board. He retired on 30.9.2007. The petitioner availed housing loan in 1989. He had mortgaged five cents of land for the purpose of that loan. Ext.P2 and P3 show that Housing Board has initiated recovery proceedings. Under such circumstances, I am satisfied that the petitioner has demonstrated sufficient grounds for out of turn payment of retiral benefits due to him. In the result, this writ petition is allowed directing that the retiral benefits due to the petitioner by way of DCRG, CVP etc shall be released to the petitioner within an outer limit of four weeks from the date of receipt of Wpc 34685/09 2 a copy of this judgment. THOTTATHIL B RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE lgk/8/12