IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH AUGUST 2008 / 5TH BHADRA 1930 WP(C).No. 23929 of 2008(W) -------------------------- PETITIONER ---------------------- C.PREMKUMAR, S/O. CHELLAPPAN, AGED 55 YEARS SUJITHA BHAVAN, VATTAVILA, VANGANOOR, THIRUVANATHAPURAM DIST. BY ADV. SRI.K.T.SHYAMKUMAR RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS ------------------------ 1. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 23. 2. THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND CHIEF ACCOUNTANTS OFFICER, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 23. BY S.C. MR. K. PRABHAKARAN. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/08/2008, ALONG WITH WPC NO. 23996 OF 2008 & 24136/08 THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C) Nos. 23929, 23996 & 24136 OF 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 27th day of August 2008 J U D G M E N T In these writ petitions, K.S.R.T.C. is the common respondent. 2. In so far as W.P.(C) No. 23929/08 is concerned, petitioner was the claimant in O.P.(MV) No. 89/95 on the file of the M.A.C.T., Thiruvananthapuram. The award in the case was modified by this Court in M.F.A. No. 240/99 the judgment of which is Ext. P2 modifying the award. 3. Similarly, in W.P.(C) No. 23996/08 the petitioner therein was one of the claimants in O.P.(MV) No. 1001/97 on the file of the M.A.C.T., Thiruvananthapuram and award was rendered. 4. In so far as W.P.(C) No. 24136/08 is concerned, the petitioners are the claimants in O.P.(MV) Nos. 747, 826, 827, 917, 919, 953, 954 and 1098/97 on the file of the M.A.C.T., Pathanamthitta in which Ext. P1 common award has been passed. 5. While in the first case, the award was rendered in 1998, in W.P.(C) Nos. 23929, 23996 & 24136 OF 2008 -2- second one the award was rendered in 2002 and in the last one the award was rendered in 2005. 6. The common complaint of the petitioners was regarding the non-payment of the compensation awarded despite long lapse of time. K.S.R.T.C. has no case that the award has not become final or binding on them. They cannot also contend that there has not been delay in the matter. In view of this, I cannot find any reason to justify the non-payment of the compensation even at the distance of time. 7. Therefore, the writ petitions are disposed of directing that the compensation payable under the awards mentioned above shall be paid by the K.S.R.T.C. as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within 3 months from the date of production of a copy of this judgment. Petitioners shall produce a copy of this judgment before the respondent K.S.R.T.C., for compliance. ANTONY DOMINIC JUDGE jan/-