IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : July 08, 2025 General Manager, Food Corporation of India, Regional Office, Punjab, Sector 31-A, Chandigarh .. Petitioner Versus K.C. Sharma and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present: Mr. K.K. Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Jasbir Singh, Advocate, for Mr. J.S. Maanipur, Advocate, for respondent No.1.

None for respondents No. 2 and 3.

HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL)

1. In the present writ petition, the challenge is to the order dated 28.02.2017 (Annexure P-4) passed by the Appellate Authority envisaged under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (hereinafter referred as ‘1972 Act’) by which, the direction has been given to the petitioner-Food Corporation of India to take into account the last pay drawn by the respondent No.1-workman at the time of his retirement on 31.01.2010 ignoring the order dated 03.09.2010 (Annexure P-1) passed by the competent authority imposing the punishment of reduction upon respondent No.1 copy of which order has been attached as P-1 and the consequent reduction of his basic pay to Rs.24,870/-.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner argues that