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Beneficiaries will get Rs 3200 before Ramzan and Vishu.
Among the 62 lakh beneficiaries, all those who completed the mustering process will receive the pension.
The state government has pension dues of six months pending. It requires Rs 900 crore to clear a month's arrears.
According to the government, the state was undergoing a financial crisis and was unable to pay Mariyakutty and other similarly situated persons.
The government requires Rs 1,500 crore to disburse pension arrears for August and September.
BJP and Congress extended support to her legal battle after she proved CPM's allegations wrong by securing a certificate from the village officer.
Mariyakutty would file a defamation suit in the Adimali magistrate court and approach the High Court seeking immediate disbursal of welfare pension.
Mariyakutty (87) and another woman, Annamma Ouseph (80), had staged a seeking-alms protest by holding earthen pots, in Adimaly town, on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the Mannamkandam village officer certified that Mariyakutty owned no properties in the jurisdiction.
Indications are that the payments would be made next week. Pensioners are paid Rs 1,600 per month.