amount was fixed in 1987. There have been representations from trade unions to remove or enhance the ceiling on the maximum amount of gratuity ... individuals to remove or enhance the ceiling on the maximum amount of gratuity payable under the Act. 3. Based on the representations and wide consultation
fixation of higher maximum. Therefore, there is nothing in the Act prohibiting prescription of a maximum amount of gratuity payable by an employer ... gratuity to the maximum prescribed under the Act or to any specific sum above the maximum prescribed, doing so does not amount to overriding
Government on payment of gratuity
in excess of Rs.10 lakhs. The Member Secretary directed that
the gratuity amount payable to the employees shall ... years of
service
gratuity
(ii) rate of gratuity 26 days' wages for every
completed year f service
(iii) the maximum amount
Clause 3 of the Gratuity Rules deals with payment of
gratuity, whereas clause 3.2.1 deals with the amount of gratuity
payable. In the said clause ... clauses
are reproduced hereinbelow:-
"3.0 PAYMENT OF GRATUITY :
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3.2.1 Amount of Gratuity
The amount of gratuity shall be equal to 15 days' emoluments
multiplied by twenty to arrive at the maximum amount
of gratuity payable under sub-s.(3) of s.4 of the Act. The
orders ... multiplied by twenty to arrive at the maximum amount
of gratuity payable under sub-s. (3) of s. 4 of the Act. It
accordingly restored
paid a sum of rupees one lakh being the maximum amount of retirement gratuity payable under Rule 50(1) of the Central Civil Services (Pension ... retirement gratuity. He contended that though Rule 50 provided the maximum amount of retirement gratuity as Rs. 1,00,000/-, it was increased
indicate
that there was any ceiling on the maximum amount of gratuity to
be paid. Learned counsel for the respondent has also referred to
Appendix ... collected premium from the appellants
for the maximum amount of gratuity payable under the statute to
each of the employee. We do not know
gratuity for the service rendered; which is the maximum
permissible under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (for brevity
'the Gratuity ... irrespective of the maximum amount payable, the
liability of the insurer is limited to the amount available in the fund.
The amount available
employers insisted on limiting yearly rate of gratuity at 13 days' actual wages and maximum gratuity amount at 520 days' wages ... completed year's gratuity, and four wageless days, per month in the maximum gratuity of twenty months' wages amount. Only question
meeting held on 13.9.1995, approved the enhancement of maximum amount of gratuity payable from Rs.1.00 lakh to Rs.2.50 lakhs, subject ... favour of information.
The Government of India has enhanced the maximum amount of gratuity payable to its employees from 1 lakh to 2.5 lakhs with
