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.