IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7549 of 1995 1. SHRI RAM DUTTA BHAGAT S/o Sri Kalika Bhagar, resident of village Harbara, PO & District Gopalganj 2. Sri Babu Lal Bhagat S/o Sri Mukh Lall, Vill. Harbans, PO & District Gopalganj 3. Sri Chhabilal Thakur S/o Sri Ramjiwan Thakur, village Harnans, PO & Distt. Gopalganj 4. Sri Ram Brichh Ahir S/o Sri Rajendra Raut,Vill. Dakhin Tola, P.o. Dindagulpur, District Siwan ………Petitioners Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. Joint Labour Commissioner, Govt. of Bihar and Appellate Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, Labour Department, Vikas Bhawan, New Secretariat, Patna 3. Dy. Labour Commissioner-cum-Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, Saran Division, Chapra 4. M/s Vishnu Sugar Mills Ltd., PO Harakhua, district Gopalganj 5. General Manager, Vishnu Sugar Mills Ltd., PO Harakhua, Distt. Gopalganj ….Respondents ----------- 05- 6/9/2010 Heard Mr. Shivaji Pandey for the petitioners, and learned Assistant Counsel to AAG VI for the State. The petitioners have preferred this writ petition with the prayer for quashing the judgment and order of the Joint Labour Commissioner, Bihar, and Appellate Authority under the payment of Gratuity Act 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), in G.A. No.102 of 1991, G.A. No.103 of 1991, G.A.No.104 of 1991, and G.A. No.105 of 1991, by which he affirmed the judgment and order dated 30.4.91 passed in Gratuity 2 Case No.1 and 4 of 1989 and G.A. No.1 and 2 of 1990 by Deputy Labour Commissioner, Saran Division, Chapra, and Controlling Authority under the Act, holding that the petitioners are entitled to payment of gratuity at the rate of 7 days wages for each completed year of service. 2. It appears on a perusal of the impugned order that the same is consistent with the laws governing the issue. We do not find fault with the same. The writ petition is without any merit. It is accordingly dismissed. ( S K Katriar ) ( Birendra Prasad Verma ) mrl