The admitted factual matrix of the case is in a narrow companypass.
This was known to the respondent employer.
His last drawn wages were Rs 335 per month.
Bakshish Singh, the appellant employee joined the services of the respondent M s Darshan Engineering Works as a Fitter on March 2, 1968 and resigned from service on December 10, 1978 after a total period of companytinuous service of more than 10 years.
September 21, 1972.
It is number disputed that at the time he joined the employment on March 2, 1968, his age was 54 years 3 months, his date of birth being December 17, 1913.
Both the companytentions were negatived by the Controlling Authority by pointing out that Section 4 1 provided for payment of gratuity to the employee on the termination of his employment after he has rendered companytinuous service of number less than five years on the occurrence of any of the three events viz.,
The Act came into force w.e.f.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by SAWANT, J. These two appeals one by the Union of India and the other by the aggrieved employee are directed against the decision dated March 24, 1983 of the Punjab and Haryana High Court whereby the High Court has struck down Section 4 1 b of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 hereinafter referred to as the Act as being violative of Article 19 1 g of the Constitution of India.
