Teacher denied gratuity for working past 60; Court orders payment with 6% interest
The Allahabad High Court ruled in favor of a retired teacher who was denied gratuity for working two years past the official retirement age of 60. The court ordered the institution to pay the gratuity with 6% interest, noting that the teacher had been allowed to continue working and receive other benefits.
Why it matters
This case clarifies legal protections for employees who continue working beyond standard retirement ages in state-regulated institutions.
You work several years in an educational institution and are denied gratuity on the grounds that you worked beyond the retirement age. What do you do? In one such case a retired teacher was denied gratuity and she challenged it in court.What the case is aboutA woman joined an educational institution in Faizabad as an assistant teacher on August 16, 1992. She continued working there until March 31, 2019, when she retired. However, the institution declined to pay her gratuity, arguing that the prescribed retirement age was 60 and she had remained in service until she was 62.On September 13, 2023, the Principal Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Government's Minority Welfare Department rejected her claim for gratuity.
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