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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
P.M.MANOJ, J
MATHEW KORAH – Appellant
Versus
THE KADUTHURUTHY URBAN CO-OPERATIVE BANCK LTD. – Respondent
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| 1. entitlement to gratuity payments. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. previous court decisions affirm the rights of the petitioner. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. direction for timely disbursement of payments. (Para 5 , 6) |
J U D G M E N T
Dated this the 2nd day of March, 2026 The writ petition is preferred being aggrieved by the non disbursement of the balance gratuity amount of Rs.4,37,772/- after payment of Rs.10 lakhs, on the ground of ceiling prescribed under the provisions of Gratuity Act .
2. The issue was brought up before this Court by preferring WP(C) No.21861 of 2013. Initially the writ petition was dismissed by Ext.P11 judgment which was thereafter challenged in an appeal before the Division Bench, i.e., WA No.492 of 2018. The Division Bench, in the light of full bench decision in Chandrasekharan Nair v. Kerala State Co- operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank, Ltd. [2017 (4) KLT 276 (FB)] granted the benefit to the petitioner. This was challenged before the Apex Court by filing a Special Leave Petition as SLP No.367 of 2019 which came to be dismissed by order dated 09.12.2025.
3. Consequently, the matter has reverted to the original position, entitling the petitioner to claim th
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