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Payment of Gratuity Act

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KANTI CHARAN TRIPATHIversusWATER AND SANITATION MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION WASMO

26-DISMISSED @ ADM.STAGE

Kanti Charan Tripathi retired on 28‑02‑2019 and claimed gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act. He filed an application for payment after a four‑year delay, and the Controlling Authority ordered payment of 10% simple interest from the date of his application. The Appellate Authority upheld that …

Chanarik BaithaversusSri Amrit Lal Meena

DISPOSED

Chanarik Baitha filed a contempt application alleging that the State of Bihar had not complied with a prior order directing payment of his pension and gratuity after his deputation. The earlier order, issued in CWJC No. 6834 of 2017 and affirmed by a Letters Patent Appeal, required the pension to be …

The Uttar Bihar Gramin BankversusRai Yatish Chandra Sharma

DISPOSED

The petitioner, a former Branch Manager of Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank, challenged a disciplinary order that deducted Rs. 14,42,454 from his gratuity and leave encashment on the ground that the charge memo did not specify any pecuniary loss. The Single Judge set aside the disciplinary and appellate …

PREM SINGHversusSTATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS.

2019 INSC 983Disposed off

Prem Singh, a welder, worked for about 37 years in a work‑charged establishment of the Uttar Pradesh government and was later regularised before superannuation. He claimed that the period spent in the work‑charged establishment should be counted as qualifying service for pension under the Uttar …

NATIONAL KAMGAR UNIONversusKRAN RADER PVT. LTD. & ORS.

2018 INSC 3Disposed off

The National Kamgar Union (appellant) challenged the closure of Kran Rader Pvt. Ltd.'s manufacturing unit, alleging that more than 100 workers were employed and that the employer failed to comply with Section 25-K of Chapter VB of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Industrial Court had held that …

A. SATYANARAYANA REDDY AND ORS.versusTHE PRESIDING OFFICER, LABOUR COURT, GUNTUR & ORS.

2008 INSC 539Matter referred to larger bench

The appellants, former employees of a government‑owned sugar undertaking, opted for a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) and received the special compensation prescribed by a Government Order. They later claimed lay‑off compensation for a period preceding the VRS, filing applications under Section …

GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY, HISARversusDHARAM PAL

2007 INSC 62Appeal(s) allowed

Guru Jambheshwar University terminated the services of Dharam Pal, an unskilled workman paid on a monthly basis, after closing its farming operations. The workman claimed that the retrenchment compensation paid under Section 25F(b) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 was insufficient because the …

INDIAN BANKS ASSOCIATIONversusWORKMEN OF SYNDICATE BANK AND ORS.

2001 INSC 85Dismissed

The Indian Banks Association and several nationalised banks challenged an Industrial Tribunal award that classified deposit collectors and commission agents as workmen under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and ordered back wages, gratuity and other benefits. The banks argued that the collectors …

SOM PRAKASH REKHIversusUNION OF INDIA & ANR.

1980 INSC 220Case Allowed

Som Prakash Rekhi, a clerk of Burmah Shell Oil Storage Ltd., retired with a pension of Rs.165.99 per month under a 1950 trust deed and was also covered by the Employees Provident Fund Act, 1952 and the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. The employer deducted amounts for PF contributions and gratuity, …

JASWANT SINGH & ORS. ETC.versusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ETC.

1979 INSC 162Dismissed

The petitioners, who were engineers and other staff employed for the Beas Project, challenged orders of retrenchment, claiming they were employees of the Central Government, governed by the Central Civil Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965, and entitled to quasi‑permanent status and transfer to …