IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA,THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT APPEAL NO.1203 of 2004 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 9-1-2004 in WP NO :775 OF 2004 on the file of the High Court.) Between: HINDUSTAN MACHINE TOOLS lTD Rep by its Group General Manager S.Karunakaran, S/o Sri Somasundaram, aged 54 years, Machine Tools Division, HMT Tools Division, HMT Township Road, Hyderabad – 500 054. ..... APPELLANT(S) AND 1. Regional Labour Commissioner (Central)/Appellate Authority under P.G.Act, 1972, A.T. Campus, Vidyanagar, Hyderabad-500 044. 2. The Controlling Authority under Payment of Gratuity Act & Asst Labour Commissioner (Central), Hyderabad. 3. V.B.Mallaiah, H.No.2-225, Motilal Street, Third Cross, Anantapur (AP) .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant: Dr P.B.Vijaya Kumar Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 & 2: Mr A.Rajasekhar Reddy, SC for CG Counsel for respondent No.3: Mr M.V.Pratap Reddy The Court made the following ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Devinder Gupta, the Chief Justice) Heard. Dismissed. _________________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, CJ _________________________ G.ROHINI, J 16th July, 2004. nmr DEPUTY REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. Regional Labour Commissioner (Central)/Appellate Authority under P.G.Act, 1972, A.T. Campus, Vidyanagar, Hyderabad-500 044. 2. The Controlling Authority under Payment of Gratuity Act & Asst Labour Commissioner (Central), Hyderabad. 3. 2 CD copies