Kerala High Court Stays Single Judge Bench Direction To State Govt To Release Funds To KSRTC

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed an order passed by the single judge bench of the Kerala High Court directing the State directing it to release requisite funds to KSRTC to clear salary dues of its employees for the months of July and August, along with the bonus eligible to those below the managerial cadre on or before the 1st September.

The Division Bench consisting of Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias CP, while admitting the Writ Appeal f, has passed the stay order in the Appeal moved by the Kerala Government challenging the impugned order. 

In the Writ Appeal moved through Special Government Pleader Advocate P. Santhosh Kumar, the State challenged the order passed by the Court on 24th August 2022, contending that the State Government has no obligation to pay salary and other allowance to the employees of the KSRTC.

The Original Writ Petition was filed by the employees of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation seeking direction to the Corporation and its Managing Director to formulate a scheme for payment of salary to its employees at least before the 5th of every succeeding month. Two other similar petitions were also preferred by the employees of KSRTC.

On 24th August, when the matter came before the Court, the Single Judge took note of the fact the KSRTC had requested a sum of Rs. 103 Crores from the Government and directed the Competent Authorities of the Government to release the said amount. Aggrieved by this order, the state has preferred the appeal.

On the request of both the Counsels appearing for the parties, the matter will be taken up today (1.09.2022) for further consideration. 

Case Title: State of Kerala v. R. Baji 

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