The only prayer of the petitioner is for disbursal of the entire amounts of gratuity which has been paid by the 2nd respondent to the 1st respondent as per a group insurance policy. The 2nd respondent admittedly has paid around Rs.10,07,702/- as gratuity payable to the petitioner. The 1st respondent has disbursed only around Rs.9 lakhs. The learned counsel for the 1st respondent would submit that the respondent has absolutely no difficulty in disbursing the balance amount. The retention of such amounts were only on account of the Registrar having interfered with a revision of pay granted to the employees of the Society. 2. The Registrar also had directed recovery of such excess pay granted to the employees. That recovery order is said to have been challenged before this Court. However, if the recovery order is sustained, then, necessarily, the petitioner would also have to refund such amounts. The petitioner undertakes that he would indemnify the society by a proper indemnity bond executed before the Society. In such W.P(C)15095/2014 : 2 :
circumstance, if the petitioner execute such indemnity bond, the petitioner shall be released with the entire gratuity, at any rate, within a period of two months from such execution.
Writ petition is disposed of.
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K.VINOD CHANDRAN, jma Judge //true copy// P.A to Judge