Considering a petition by K K Raju, a ‘cartman’ who retired in April
this year, highlighting non-payment of retirement benefits by the
corporation, justice S Siri Jagan issued an interim order on Wednesday,
directing that the secretary and all councillors should not draw any
salary, sitting fee, or other emoluments until retirement benefits due
to the petitioner were fully paid.

The court’s order was when
Raju’s counsel K S Madhusoodhanan pointed out that the court’s warning
on July 13 regarding suspension of salaries of the officials was not
heeded. When the petition came up for hearing on July 13, the court had
noted that the corporation had not acted on the petition despite being
granted a month’s time. The corporation’s counsel had sought a week’s
time to resolve the issue then.

When the case was again heard on
Wednesday, the court ordered to suspend payment of salaries to the
corporation’s officials observing that no progress had been made in the
matter of paying retirement benefits to the petitioner.