IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN TUESDAY, THE 28TH OCTOBER 2008 / 6TH KARTHIKA 1930 WP(C).No. 31286 of 2008(Y) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE BANK EMPLOYEES FEDERATION KERALA, TRIVANDRUM DISTRICT COMMITTEE,] TRIVANDRUM DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE BANK BUILDING, EAST FORT, TRIVANDRUM-23, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY G.VENUGOPALAN NAIR. 2. N.GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR, INSPECTOR OF BRANCHES, TRIVANDRUM DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE BANK, EAST FORT, TRIVANDRUM, RESIDING AT MALAYINKEEZHU NEYYATTINKARA TALUK, TRIVANDRUM. BY ADV. SRI.THOMAS ABRAHAM SRI.DIPU.R SMT.MERCIAMMA MATHEW SRI.K.S.HARIDAS RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD., REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL MANAGER, HEAD QUARTERS, TRIVANDRUM. 2. THE REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R1 BY ADV.SRI.K.G.RADHAKRSIHNAN, S.C. R2 BY GOVT. PELADER SRI.K.C.SANTHOSH KUMAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/10/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, J. ------------------------------------------- W.P(C).No.31286 OF 2008 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 28th day of October, 2008 JUDGMENT The first petitioner is a registered trade union of the employees of the first respondent bank, going by its pleadings. The second petitioner is an employee of the first respondent. The complaint is that gratuity in a group gratuity scheme is not being released in full, but is being pegged at Rs.3.5 lakhs, following certain circulars of the Registrar of Co-operative Societies. While the petitioners complaint is that the employees of the first respondent are entitled to the benefits of the judgment in Retnavalli v. Ambalapadu Service Co-operative Bank Ltd. {2005 (3) KLT 320} and that the limit of gratuity amount cannot be pegged at Rs.3.5 lakhs, learned counsel for the first respondent states that the bank is willing to give the entire amount due without pegging it at Rs.3.5 lakhs and the entire amounts as available to each employee under the group gratuity scheme with the LIC of India will be released. This submission is recorded and the writ petition is ordered accordingly. Sd/- THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, Judge. kkb.