IN ThE HIGH COLPIT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORF DATED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF JJNE 1998 OEFOE ThE HON’BLE MitIUSTICE G.PATRI BASAVANA 60)0 WRIT PETITION NIJIBER 457 OF 1991 Between: Sri V Balakrithnan Nate aged 85 years son of late P. ICrishnan Nair Lathe Wives No.932, HAL III Stage Bangalore 560 008 ..Petitioner (By Sri R• Suryanerayarm Sway, Adv.) And: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 8angaiore Complex Banga lore 580 017 represented by its Managing °irecter a Public Limited Company and Government of India undertaking —Respondent (By Sri T. Nar mnaswamy, Adv.) ehis writ petition is filed under Articies 226 and 227 of the Constitution seeking to direct the respondent to compute the aount of gratuity payable to him according to Illustration (ii) of Personnel Bulletin No.2W dated 2—7—1981 (Aex. inc—C) and to pay the difference to the petitioner together with 10 per cent interest per annum on the amount withheld by the respondent, and, if the gratuity payable exceeds Rs.30,000/— it shall be limited to Hs.30,000/e. This writ petition coming on for pre iminary hearing in B—Group this day, the Court mde the following: ORDF R S. —2— ORD ER The petitioner retired from services of the respondent in the year 1983 on attaining the age of superannuation, and, at that time itself, he was paid gratuity of Rs.34,749/ According to him, under the HAL Gratuity Rules,he is entitled to be paid Ha .36,000/— ad that he is therefore still due a balance amount of Rs.1,251/— as calculated in paragraph No.5 of the vrit petition, This relief he seeks in this writ petition under Articles 226 md 227 of the CQflSLjtUtiQfl, 2. T0 claim this balice of Rs,1,251/—, the petitioner has waited for eight years in approach ing this court. On count of this delay of 8 years, this Is hardly a case to invoke the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Consti tution, 3, PetitIon dismissed, JUDGE