1. The petitioner is a widow of late A.C.Kannan, who was employed with the first respondent Sri Balavainayagar Bus Service, Vellore. She has filed the writ petition, seeking to set aside the order of the third respondent Appellate Authority made in

2. The petitioner's husband was working as Conductor in the first respondent's transport service. He joined the services on 22.09.1945 and was terminated from service on 03.12.1995. He had put in 50 years of service. His last drawn wages was calculated as Rs.1669/-, which is the minimum wage, though he was paid Rs.1,500/-. He sent a notice to the first respondent and thereafter lodged a gratuity claim before the second respondent Controlling Authority. The said claim was taken on file as P.G.No.3 of 2003 and notice was issued to the first respondent. When the main application was taken up for hearing, the petitioner's husband died on 29.09.2002. Hence, she took out an application to bring her on record as the legal representative of her deceased husband.

3. Before the second respondent, 4 documents were filed on the side of the petitioner, which were marked as Exs.P1 to P4. On the side of the first respondent Management, 7 docu