M/S VIG DIGITAL STUDIO AND COLOR LAB vs THE APPELLANT AUTHORITY UNDER OF GRATUITY ACT DEPUTY LABOUR COMMISSIONER, PANIPAT AND ORS

LPA-1526-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 118 LPA-1526-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 26.05.2026 M/s Vig Digital & Color Lab ...Appellant V/S The Appellant Authority Under Payment of Gratuity Act-Cum- Deputy Labour Commissioner, Panipat and Ors. ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE AMARJOT BHATTI Present: Mr. Sukhdev Singh, Advocate for the appellant. ***** JASGURPREET SINGH PURI, J. 1. The present is an intra-court appeal filed by the appellant assailing the judgment dated 16.04.2026 passed by learned Single Judge in CWP-7349-2026 vide which the aforesaid civil writ petition was dismissed. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant submitted that the judgment passed by the learned Single Judge as well as the orders passed by learned Controlling Authority and the Appellate Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act are liable to be set aside because Sh. Ashwani Kumar who was the employee of the appellant was not entitled to claim any gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) because the appellant/establishment did not have requisite number o