Judgment

16/10/2020

1. In wake of onslaught of COVID-19, abandon caution is being taken while hearing the matters in Court.

2. All these writ petitions involve common questions of law and facts and arise out of two consecutive orders passed by the Controlling Authority and the Appellate Authority wherein it has been held that the beneficial definition of pay ought to be considered for computing enhanced gratuity to the officers while interpreting the welfare legislation of gratuity and hence, the same are decided together by this common judgment.

3. The petitioner is a regional rural bank and has preferred these writ petitions claiming identical relief. The relief prayed for in the lead case being S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.7359/2019 reads as under :-

a) The impugned order dated 26.02.2019(Annex.1) may kindly be quashed and set aside and the prayer of the appellant/petitioner in the appeal may kindly be allowed, and b) The respondent No.2 may kindly be directed to return the deposited amount of Rs.11,15,759/-jj in compliance of the statutory provisions, while filing the appeal with due interest, and c) Any other writ order or direction which you Lordship may deem jut and proper in the