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S. TALAPATRA
Tarun Kumar Sinha – Appellant
Versus
State of Tripura – Respondent
ORDER
S. Talapatra, J. - Heard Ms. S. Debgupta, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as Mr. D. Sharma, learned Addl. G.A. appearing for the respondents No.1 and 2 and Ms. P. Dhar, learned counsel appearing for the respondent No.3.
2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has urged this court to direct the respondents to pay his gratuity, payable within the upper limit at Rs.20,00,000/-, instead of Rs.4,00,000/- on which he has been paid his gratuity by the respondent No.2. By means of the amendment, carried out in Sub-Section-3 of Section-4 of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, the earlier provision of relating to maximum limit for payment of gratuity has been rephrased in the following manner:
"The amount of gratuity payable to an employee shall not exceed. Such amount as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time. "The Central Government having regard to the said provision [Sub-Section-3 of Section-4 of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972] has specified the amount for gratuity to be paid to an employee under the said Act. It has been notified that the amount shall not exceed Rs.20,00,000/- [see A.O.1420(E) dated 29.03.2018]. Prior to the said
Central legislation on gratuity limits prevails over state rules. The state must align its rules with central amendments to avoid conflict and ensure uniformity in employee benefits.
State government employees are excluded from the Payment of Gratuity Act, and their gratuity entitlement is regulated by separate Pension Rules, confirming a ceiling limit of Rs. 4 lakh.
The revised gratuity ceiling of Rs.20,00,000 under the Payment of Gratuity Act applies to all establishments, regardless of whether controlled by State or Central Government.
The revised ceiling limit of gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act applies universally, entitling employees to claim benefits irrespective of their employer's governance.
Employees are entitled to gratuity payments as per revised ceiling limits established by the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2018, regardless of employers' financial constraints.
The court affirmed the applicability of revised gratuity limits as per the Central Government notification and ruled that financial constraints do not exempt employers from timely payment of gratuity....
Payment of gratuity capped by statutory limits cannot be overridden by administrative directives; interest claims on delayed payments are unsupported when full settlement acknowledged.
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