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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
N.NAGARESH, JOHNSON JOHN, JJ
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD – Appellant
Versus
D.RAJAMMA – Respondent
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| 1. employee entitlement to gratuity benefits upon retirement. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. insufficient grounds for denying further gratuity amounts. (Para 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. judicial clarification on insurance-linked gratuity disbursements. (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13) |
J U D G M E N T
Dated this the 25th day of March, 2026 Nagaresh, J.
Aggrieved by the judgment dated 29.02.2024 in W.P.
(C) No.35106 of 2019, respondents 1, 2 and 4 in the writ petition have filed this writ appeal.
2. The 1st respondent was an employee of the
1st appellant-Bank. On her retirement, Gratuity was paid to her. The 1st respondent filed the writ petition seeking for a direction to appellants 1 and 2 to disburse the arrears of Gratuity due to her remitted by the 2nd respondent-LIC with interest at the rate of 6% per annum.
3. Respondents resisted the writ petition. After considering the facts of the case, the learned Single Judge held that the issue raised by the writ petitioner is covered by a Full Bench judgment of this Court inChandrasekharan Nair G. and others v. Kerala State Co-operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Ltd. and others [2017 (4) KLT 276] , wherein it was held that the prohibition con
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