JUDGMENT

The petitioners have approached this Court seeking a direction to the 1^st respondent to pay the balance gratuity amount payable in terms of the special scheme for payment of gratuity to the petitioners with interest at the rate of 12% per annum.

2. The contention raised by the petitioners is that going by the dictum laid down in Chandrasekharan Nair v. Kerala State Co-operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Ltd. [2017 (5) KHC 15] the petitioners are eligible to receive the full amount of gratuity and the difference, if any, over and above the amount paid by the LIC, is to be paid by the 1^st respondent bank. The petitioners submit that in similar circumstances this Court has interfered and passed Ext.P2 judgment, which is not disputed by the 1^st respondent also.

3. After hearing both sides and in view of the dictum laid down by this Court in Chandrasekharan Nair’s case cited Supra, there will be a direction to the 1^st respondent bank to disburse the balance amount of gratuity to the petitioners within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this ju