Ramlakhan Gupta v. The General Manger

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR W.P. ( L ) No.

of 201 Ramlakhan Gupta, S/o Late Shri Nathaniprasad, aged about 64 years, R/o of New Bazaar Gali, Ward No.16, beside Raj Hardware, Distt. Surajpur (C.G.) ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. The General Manager, South Eastern Coalfield Limited, Bishrampur Area, Po- Bishrampur Colliery, District - Surajpur [CG] Pin -497226

2. Appellate Authority & Regional Labour Commissioner (Center), Avinti Vihar, Raipur [C.G.]

3. Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act / Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), Torwa, Bilaspur [C.G.] ---- Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Neeraj Pradhan, Advocate. For Respondent/SECL : Mr. K.K. Shrivastava, Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Order On Board 0 8 /0 9 /201 Heard on admission.

(1) Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is entitled for interest on the gratuity amount in light of decision rendered by the Division Bench of this Court in the matter of Karnail Singh Vs. General Manager, Bishrampur Area of SECL and others1 (2) Learned counsel of the respondent-SECL would submit that petitioner may make representation to the respondent/SECL for interest on the gratuity amount and the same would be decided in accordance ILR 2017 Chhattisgarh 1222

with law.

(3) Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to make representatin along with the decision rendered by Division Bench of this Court in the matter of Karnail Singh (supra) before the respondent-SECL for redressal of his grievances within a period of 15 days from today, and in turn the respondent-SECL shall decide the same expeditiously preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of presentation of the representation.

(4) With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition stands finally disposed of.

Sd/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Judge D/-