IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN THURSDAY, THE 25TH NOVEMBER 2010 / 4TH AGRAHAYANA 1932 WP(C).No. 35333 of 2010(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- V.LATHIKA KUMARI, (ASSISTANT PERSONAL OFFICER, KSRTC, CHIEF OFFICE, RETIRED ON 30.9.2007, RECEIVING PENSION FROM DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICE, ERNAKULAM), UTHRADAM, ELOOR EAST, UDYOGAMANDAL.P.O., ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.P.RAJEEVAN SMT.A.R.DEVI RESPONDENT(S): --------------- KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY SRI.V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR, SC, KSRTC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/11/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------------------- W.P(C).No.35333 of 2010 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 25th day of November, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a former employee of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the Corporation for short. He retired from service on 30.9.2007. After the petitioner retired from service, pursuant to a bilateral agreement entered into between the Corporation and its employees their pensionary benefits were revised with effect from 1.3.2006 subject to the condition that the monetary benefits will be paid only with effect from 1.4.2009. In this writ petition, the petitioner claims payment of the revised pensionary benefits with effect from 1.4.2009 in terms of the aforesaid settlement. 2. Sri.V.V.Nandagopal Nambiar, learned standing counsel appearing for the Corporation submits that the issue raised by the petitioner is covered in their favour by the judgment of a Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.210 of 2010 and that the Corporation will determine the revised pensionary benefits payable to the petitioner and disburse the arrears with effect from W.P(C).No.35333 of 2010 -:2:- 1.4.2009 expeditiously. In the light of the said submission I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent to compute the revised pensionary benefits payable to the petitioner with effect from 1.4.2009 under the settlement concluded on 28.11.2008 and to disburse the arrears expeditiously and in any event within one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment. It is clarified that if payment as directed above is not made within the time limit of one month, the arrears of pension payable to the petitioner will carry simple interest at the rate of 6% per annum from 1.6.2009. Needless to say the respondent shall continue to pay revised pension to the petitioner. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge. ahg. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P(C).No.35333 of 2010 ---------------------------- JUDGMENT 25th November, 2010