IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 16890 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 05.11.2009 Sawaran Singh and others ... PETITIONERS Versus Pepsu Road Transport Corporation, Patiala and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Rajan Bansal, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) This is the second petition filed by the petitioners seeking direction to the respondents to release the gratuity amount to the petitioners. The earlier petition (CWP No. 10200 of 2009), filed by the petitioners, was withdrawn by them on 14.7.2009, with liberty to avail the alternative remedy under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act') read with Payment of Gratuity (Central) Rules, 1972. Without actually availing that remedy, the petitioners have again approached this Court, by stating that the prescribed authority under the Act told them that they cannot move an application before it, as the provisions of the Act are not applicable to the respondent Corporation. I do not accept this averment, as actually the petitioners did not file any application before the prescribed authority under the Act and no order has been made on such an application. CWP No. 16890 of 2009 -2- Therefore, the instant petition is dismissed. However, in terms of the earlier order dated 14.7.2009 (Annexure P-6), it will be open for the petitioners to avail the alternative remedy. November 05, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE