vss IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3456 OF 1993 WRIT PETITION NO.3456 OF 1993 WRIT PETITION NO.3456 OF 1993 Smt.Shobhana Vithal Godse ... Petitioner V/s. The Principal, General Education Academy ... Respondent None for Petitioner Mr.S.P. Dhulapkar for Respondent CORAM: SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. J. J. DATED: NOVEMBER 27, 2006 NOVEMBER 27, 2006 NOVEMBER 27, 2006 P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: . The issue involved in the present writ petition is whether the Petitioner, a teacher in the school in which Respondent No.1 was the Principal, is entitled to gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act. This issue has already been covered by the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Ahmedabad (P.) Primary Teachers’ Association v/s. Administrative Officer, 2004 I CLR 495 2004 I CLR 495 2004 I CLR 495 wherein it has been held that a teacher employed in a school is not an employee as defined in section 2(e) of the Payment of Gratuity Act. 2. Writ Petition dismissed.