IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN MONDAY, THE 1ST AUGUST 2011 / 10TH SRAVANA 1933 WP(C).No. 20153 of 2011(T) ------------------------- PETITIONER : --------------------- ELEYAMMA, AGED 62, W/O.THOMAS, VADANANICKAL, VELLIAPPILLY VILLAGE, PALA, KOTTAYAM DIST. BY ADV. SRI.S.PRASANTH RESPONDENT : ---------------------- THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KSRTC, TRIVANDRUM, ATHIRAMPUZHA P.O., TRIVANDRUM-695 007. BY ADV. SRI. V.V. NANDAGOPALAN NAMBIAR, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01/08/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn ...2/- WP(C).No. 20153 of 2011(T) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 : COPY OF THE AWARD DTD 10.08.2009 OF MACT, PALA. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS - NIL //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE Mn P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------------------- W.P(C).No.20153 of 2011 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 1st August, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner is the first claimant in O.P(MV) No.906 of 2007 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Pala. She filed the said claim petition along with her husband seeking compensation from the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation consequent on the death of their son in a motor accident. By Ext.P1 award dated 10.8.2009 the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Pala awarded the sum of Rs.2,05,000/- as compensation and directed the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation to deposit the award amount with interest. This writ petition is filed contending that though nearly two years have passed after the award was passed and it has attained finality, till date the compensation awarded has not been deposited in the Tribunal. In this writ petition the petitioner seeks a direction in that regard. 2. Sri.V.V.Nandagopal Nambiar, learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent, submitted on instructions that as Ext.P1 award has attained finality the Corporation will deposit the W.P(C).No.20153 of 2011 -:2:- amount covered by Ext.P1 award in the manner directed by the Tribunal within two months. In the light of the said submission the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to take steps to deposit the compensation awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Pala in Ext.P1 award in the manner directed therein within two months from the date on which the petitioner produces a certified copy of this judgment before the respondent. Upon such deposit being made it will be open to the petitioner to move the Tribunal for payment in terms of the award. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge. ahg. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P(C).No.20153 of 2011 ---------------------------- JUDGMENT 1st August, 2011