Supreme Court of India

Netram Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 3 S.C.R. 682
Bench R. K. Agrawal and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 23 March 2018

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In view of the foregoing discussion, we cannot agree with the reasoning and the conclusion arrived at by the High Court which is legally unsustainable.

Judgment, page 6

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Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 – s.2(e) r/w s.2A – Qualif ied service – Appellant rendered 22 years as daily wager and 3 years as regular work charge employee i.e. he was regulari sed 3 years prior to his retirement – Whether appellant can be said to have rendered qualified service i.e. continuous service as specified in s.2(e) r/w s.2A so as to make him eligible to claim gratuity as provided under the Act from the State – Held: Appellant actua lly rendered total service for a period of 25 years and the Stat e actually regularized his services – Having regularized the s ervices, the appellant

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