IN THE HIGH COURT OF KNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 3RD DAY OF APRIL 1998 SEFORE THE HON ‘ShE W .JUST ICE G .PATRI BASAVANA GOUD WRIT PETITION No.30340/1997 Set.men The Assistant Executive Engineer, No.1 (Maintenance) Sub—Division, KR.Sagar, llandya District. .. Petitioner By Sri .K.H.Jagadish, HCGA ) I Sri .K.G.Ramaswamy, Official Colony, K.R.Sagar, Mandya District,. 2. The Aest. Labour Commissioner & Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, Mysore Division, Mysore. 3. Deputy Labour Commissioner & Appellate Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 Bangalore Region—Il, Banga lore. . Respondents This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India praying to quash vide Annex.B & A dated 18.6.97 and 3.6.96 by R—3 and 2 respectively. This Writ Petition is coming on for orders this day, the Court made the following The petitioner-employer challenges the orders of the 2nd respondent-Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 and the 3rd respondent-Appellate Authority as at Annexureg-’A’ & ‘8’, by which the 1st respondent-employee is directed to be paid gratuity of Rs.28,463/-. 2. There is no dispute as to the 23 years of service that the 1st respondent has put in and as to the wages, Having regard to these two relevant factors, the authorities have 2 dkLr1y computed the gratuity payable to the tat repsondent and there is no infirmity in the two orders i,e, the order of the 2nd respondent confirmed by the 3rd respondent-Appellate Authority 3. Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed. I Ti J ‘,, ,—/ % //