HI$H COwRT $F CHHATTI$GARH AT $ILA$PUR Petitinr oe emen orporon o ni Ma'n‘dhar Cement Plant andhér aiur hrough -‘r Manaer. e prr Resodenis Union of India. oug acrem‘ abour ‘Deptt; ’- hawan.~ NewIDelhi. ppeiiate Authority under Payrr’re of Gratuii Act Reionai Labo Cr ommiSsione Centra overnment) Jabalur Madhy r'ade‘sh ontroling uoriy n ameht‘ Gratuit Act Assista aou cmmssonen ntre evernment end Mea aur. m Sarswat at; ‘hr Rambhajan, Viiiage' Donakhur, est ”Office Dondekala “Dis aipur (C Gr). ‘‘é ‘“ Ka’shyap. z-Cantra’cto andha’ Cement Factor, Mandha. aiu SB: Honiie Mr. JusticeSatish K Agnihotri, r . . yas, vocate‘for the petoner e; Shi N K V Ad iti. v - ainiiBagLA€icate fer th spondent No.1 Shri Ajnup Majumden Advocate for the respondent No.. i“ 4 hriRakesh Anthon Advocate for'the resondent No.5. - S y. p QR RDE a ohis 9‘" da or Am, 2007 (Pssed nt y p ) ~1. The petitioner is a unit of the Cement Corporau’on of India. a public ndertaking. involved in manufacturing of cement.xThe responde o. sa contrac worer. engae e responent o.. etitioner Corpo‘ration’tiled anappeaJ before theAppellate Authorit nder the Payment ‘of‘G‘ratuityAct. 1972 (for short 'the Act. 1972' nd Regional Labour Commissioner (Central); Jabaipur (M gainst the ord ae .3 passed by~ onroi Ct Cati f Ida ; M: Rp. T: Geneal g Vrsus 1 . thrh Sry L Shrarn Sha'kiiq B A nt y g ur (l G p (e vP), Cl: Atht Uder Pybr y . nt Lbr Cii (ce! ‘G) Mr gn Rip ~S‘t. i B W10 Si’ d P . h: R sm Gi- r. Mr r Rpr. b ; i iShri Rshhevo e re . u nt N4 i t k gd by th d N5 The p y. u ) a R) a er dtd 312200 the Ctling Thakur Authority and A L C (C) Ramur The Appenate Aumomy declmed to entertain the appeal on the ground that the gratuw amount as reqwred/was not paid by the petltwner-Corporation. Learned coun3e! appearing for the petitioner-Corporation submits that the petitioner-Corporation is ready and wining to deposit the gratuity amount as required under second pmviso t0 Sectian T (7) of the Act, 1972. Thus‘ in View of the submissions made by the lesrned coun$el for the petiuoner, the impugned order dated 3’“ March 2004 (Annexure PH) is set abide. The Appeiiate Authority is directed to consider the appeals tiled by the Generai Manager. Cement Corporation of india — petitioner‘ subject to the petitioner‘s depositing the gratuity amount within a period of two weeks from today. in view of the foregoing‘ this petition is aiiowed to the above extent. No order as to costs. r ‘ _ sd/- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge w r g .