District Co-Operative Bank … vs The Thiruvananthapuram District on 28 October, 2008

       

  

  

 
 
  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

WP(C).No. 31286 of 2008(Y)


1. DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE BANK EMPLOYEES
                      ...  Petitioner
2. N.GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR, INSPECTOR OF

                        Vs



1. THE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT
                       ...       Respondent

2. THE REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES,

                For Petitioner  :SRI.THOMAS ABRAHAM

                For Respondent  : No Appearance

The Hon'ble MR. Justice THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN

 Dated :28/10/2008

 O R D E R
            THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, J.
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                  W.P(C).No.31286 OF 2008
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             Dated this the 28th day of October, 2008

                             JUDGMENT

The first petitioner is a registered trade union of the

employees of the first respondent bank, going by its pleadings.

The second petitioner is an employee of the first respondent.

The complaint is that gratuity in a group gratuity scheme is not

being released in full, but is being pegged at Rs.3.5 lakhs,

following certain circulars of the Registrar of Co-operative

Societies. While the petitioners complaint is that the employees

of the first respondent are entitled to the benefits of the

judgment in Retnavalli v. Ambalapadu Service Co-operative

Bank Ltd. {2005 (3) KLT 320} and that the limit of gratuity

amount cannot be pegged at Rs.3.5 lakhs, learned counsel for

the first respondent states that the bank is willing to give the

entire amount due without pegging it at Rs.3.5 lakhs and the

entire amounts as available to each employee under the group

gratuity scheme with the LIC of India will be released. This

submission is recorded and the writ petition is ordered

accordingly.

Sd/-

THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN,
Judge.

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