IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN MONDAY, THE 21ST NOVEMBER 2011 / 30TH KARTHIKA 1933 WP(C).No. 30438 of 2011(D) ---------------------------------------- OP(MV).1706/2005 of MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, ALAPPUZHA .................... PETITIONER(S): ------------------------- SUDESHINI W/O RAMACHANDRAN PILLAI, AGED 43 YEARS, RESIDING AT KANNATTU HOUSE, KALAVAMKODAM P.O, UZHUVA,VALAYAR EAST, CHERTHALA, ALLEPPEY. BY ADV. SRI.T.B.SARASAN RESPONDENT(S): ---------------------------- KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION TRIVANDRUM, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR. BY ADV.SRI.BABU JOSEPH KURUVATHAZHA,SC,KSRTC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/11/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: sts WP(C)NO.30438/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1 COPY OF THE AWARD IN OP(MV)1706/2005 DATED 13/10/2009 ON THE FILE OF MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL ALAPPUZHA. P2 COPY OF THE EXECUTION PETITION. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL /TRUE COPY/ P.A.TO.JUDGE sts P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 30438 OF 2011 -------------------------- Dated this the 21st day of November, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is the first claimant in O.P.(MV) No.1706 of 2005 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Alappuzha. By Ext.P1 award passed on 13.10.2009, the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal awarded the sum of Rs.3,42,000/- as compensation to the petitioner and her two sons Arun and Anoop and directed the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as 'the Corporation' for short) to deposit the said amount with interest at 7.5% per annum from the date of the petition (29.12.2005) till realisation. This writ petition is filed contending that though Ext.P1 award has attained finality, till date, the Corporation has not deposited the amount awarded as compensation. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondent to deposit the amount covered by Ext.P1 award within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. 2. When the writ petition came up for admission hearing today, Sri.Babu Joseph Kuruvathazha, learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent submitted that as Ext.P1 award has attained finality, the Corporation will deposit the amount WPC No.30438/2011 2 awarded as compensation within three months from today. In the light of the said submission, I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent to deposit the amount covered by Ext.P1 award in O.P.(MV) No.1706 of 2005 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Alappuzha within three months from today. Upon such deposit being made, it will be open to the petitioner and the other claimants to move the Tribunal for payment. P.N.RAVINDRAN, (JUDGE) vps WPC No.30438/2011 3