IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C).No. 37927 of 2010(M)
1. P.K.SIVAN PILLAI, S/O.KARUNAKARAN PILLAI
... Petitioner
2. N.SASIKUMAR, S/O.NARAYANAN,
3. K.K.MURALEEDHARAN NAIR,
4. K.N.SUKUMARAN, S/O.NEELAKANTAN ACHARY
5. T.ANTHRAYOSE, S/O.PHILIP,
6. P.N.NARAYANAN NAIR, S/O.NANAPPAN NAIR,
Vs
1. THE KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPROT
... Respondent
2. THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR & CHIEF ACCOUNTS
3. ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER,
4. ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER,
5. ASSISTANT TRANSPROT OFFICER,
For Petitioner :SRI.K.P.JUSTINE (KARIPAT)
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice P.N.RAVINDRAN
Dated :21/12/2010
O R D E R
P.N. RAVINDRAN, J.
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W.P.(C) No.37927 of 2010
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Dated this the 21st day of December, 2010
J U D G M E N T
The petitioners are former employees of the Kerala
State Road Transport Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the
Corporation for short. They retired from service on 30.11.2008,
31.10.2007, 31.3.2008, 31.5.2008, 30.4.2006 and 30.11.2008
respectively. After the petitioners 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 petitioners claim 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 petitioners is covered in their favour by the
judgment of a Division Bench of this Court and that the
Corporation will determine the revised pensionary benefits
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payable to the petitioners and disburse the arrears with effect
from 1.4.2009 expeditiously.
In the light of the said submission, I dispose of the
writ petition with a direction to the respondents to compute the
revised pensionary benefits payable to the petitioners 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 petitioners will carry simple interest at the rate of
6% per annum from 1.6.2009. Needless to say, the respondents
shall continue to pay revised pension to the petitioners.
P.N. RAVINDRAN,
JUDGE.
nj.