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GRATUITY AS PER AWARD / BIPARTITE SETTLEMENT

Gratuity shall become payable [I] on the death of an employee whilst in service of the bank, the
amount of gratuity being payable to the heirs, executors, administrators or assigns of the
employee or, in case he has executed a nomination paper in the form prescribed by the bank to
the nominee of the employee [ii] on an employee becoming physically or mentally incapable of
further service or on termination of his service by the employer ; [iii] on voluntary retirement or
resignation, after ten years continuous service.
Permanent Part-time employees who are required by the bank to work for more than 6 hours a
week will be eligible for Provident Fund and Gratuity.
PAYABLE ON

Death of an employee
Employee becoming incapacitated
Termination of Service
Retirement on superannuation
Voluntary Retirement / Resignation after 10 years
service

AMOUNT

One month pay for each completed year of service

[max]
15 months pay plus month pay for each year
beyond 30 years of service.
Pay Average of Basic Pay + Special Pay + Officiating
Pay + PQP + increment portion of FPP of the last 12 months.
EXAMPLE : 10 Years Service 10 months Pay
15 Years Service 15 months Pay
20 Years Service 15 months Pay
30 Years Service 15 months Pay
32 years Service 15 + [2 x ] = 16
40 years Service _ 15 + [10 x ]= 20
1.
Service of 6 months and above will be reckoned as one year service.
Gratuity cannot be forfeited even in case of dismissals. But if there is any loss to the bank
on account of the misconduct. The loss can be recovered from the gratuity payable.
Part-time employees [1/3 rd and above ] are eligible for gratuity.
AS PER GRATUITY ACT : 1972
PAYABLE ON
Resignation after 5 years service
Death
Disablement

Retirement on super annuation

AMOUNT
[From 24.9.1997]
NOTE

15 days wages x number of years of service

Maximum Rs.10,00,000/-

Wages +Officiating Pay

-

FORFEITURE

Basic Pay

+ DA + Spl.Pay + PQP
+ FPP [increment component ]

1 day Wage = Monthly Wage divided by 26

Gratuity can be forfeited for termination of service due to

riotous or disorderly conduct, violence or moral turpitude.

In terms of Section 4 [5] of the Gratuity Act, an employee has the right to receive either under
the Act or
Under any award / settlement / rules whichever is more beneficial.
Clause 20 of the Fifth Bipartite settlement does not affect the condition in regard to the minimum
service required for payment of gratuity. In other words, the minimum service required for
eligibility for
gratuity would be 10 years and not 9 years and six months or more but less than 10 years.
TREATMENT OF SPECIAL PAY AND OFFICIATING PAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PAYMENT OF
Clause 6 of joint note dated 2nd June 2005 defines pay for the purpose of pension, to mean and
include Basic pay including
Stagnation increments, Professional Qualification Pay, Increment Component of Fixed Personal
Pay and Officiating Allowance.
The above definition of pay is reckoned for the purpose of calculating average emoluments to
arrive at pension payable to a retiree.
It is to clarify that Special Pay and Officiating Pay drawn by a workman on locum-tenens basis
during the last 10 months prior to his date of retirement is to be reckoned
as part of pay for the purpose of calculating average emoluments to arrive
at pension payable to the retiree.

GRATUITY CHART
PAYMENT OF GRATUITY FOR CLERKS & SUB-STAFF FROM 24.5.2010
[ Gratuity under Gratuity Act or BPS provisions whichever is higher is payable ]

Gratuity Amount under the Act

Gratuity amount under BPS

Pay + DA
________ x

Pay x No.of years service

I] One month pay for one year of

15 days x No of years of service

service

26

II) Max. 15 months pay upto 30

years service.
of Max. Rs.10 lacs.

III) Above 30 years, pay per year

Service.

Earlier Spl.Allowance,PQA,FPA were not included as Pay under Gratuity

Act as per Supreme court Decision. Under 7 th BPS, Spl.Allowances / PQA
have been changed as Spl.pay / PQ pay w.e.f.1-4-98 and FPA as FPP
w.e.f.1-11-1999 ; Spl.Pay, PQP,FPP [increment portion] are now eligible
for inclusion as pay for Gratuity calculation under Gratuity Act.
AMENDMENT
All the employees and officers who will be retiring from the bank from 24.5.2010 will be eligible
to be paid Gratuity either under the gratuity act [ with max. of 10 lakhs ] or under our BPS/OSR [
without any ceiling ] whichever is higher.
Eligibility under the Gratuity Act :
Payable on

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

Retirement on superannuation
Resignation after 5 years of service
Death
Disablement

Amount
15 days wage x number of years of service
With maximum of Rs. 10 lakhs [ w.e.f. 24.05.2010 ]
Wage

Basic Pay

+ DA + Special Pay + PQP + FPP +Offciating pay

One day wage

Monthly wage divided by 26

Forfeiture
Can be forfeited on termination of service due to riotous or disorderly
Conduct, violence or moral turpitude.