IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.K.BASHEER WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH JULY 2006 / 4TH SRAVANA 1928 WP(C).No. 18271 of 2006(A) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ K. SADASIVAN PILLAI, AGED 57 YEARS, S/O. KRISHNA PILLAI, (CONDUCTOR, KSRTC, KILIMANOOR, RETD.ON 31/8/2003), MANIMANGALAM HOUSE, MELOOD P.O., ADOOR. BY ADV. SRI.K.P.RAJEEVAN SMT.ACHA RANO MATHEWS.T. RESPONDENTS: ------------- KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSORT CORPORATION REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV.SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR, SC, K.S.R.T.C. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/07/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: A.K.BASHEER,J --------------------------------- W.P.C.No. 18271 OF 2006 ------------------------------------ Dated this the 26th day of July, 2006 JUDGMENT Petitioner is a retired employee of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation. The prayer in this writ petition is to issue an appropriate direction to the Corporation to release the retiral benefits to the petitioner forthwith in order to enable the petitioner to conduct the marriage of his daughter which is scheduled to be held on 31/08/06. 2. It is true that petitioner had retired from service on 31/08/03. Under normal circumstances there would not have been any justification for the delay in disbursement. Obviously, the benefits have not been disbursed to the petitioner in view of the orders / directions issued by a division bench of this court in W.A. 289/01 . Thousands of retired employees are waiting in the queue for their turn to get the benefits. Necessarily the petitioner has to wait for his turn. Learned Standing counsel for the Corporation submits that retiral benefits have been released to those employees who had retired till October 2002. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, I am not satisfied that petitioner is entitled to get the retiral benefits out of turn. Writ petition fails and it is therefore dismissed. (A.K.BASHEER, JUDGE) sv.