Dear Mahadevan,
You have mentioned they have terminated your services, for any employer there should be an authorized reason to terminate an employee and the same has to be communicated to the Employee in written/mail etc..
[COLOR="rgb(153, 50, 204)"]Forfeiture of Gratuity:[/COLOR] (Sec 4) (6) The gratuity of an employee, whose services have been terminated for any act, willful omission or negligence causing any damage to the property belonging to the employer, shall be forfeited to the extent of the damage or loss so caused. The gratuity payable to an employee shall be wholly forfeited if the services of such employee have been terminated for (1) his riotous or disorderly conduct or any other act of violence on his part of (b) any act which constitutes an offence involving moral turpitude, provided that such offence is committed by him in the course of his employment.
Thus the law provided for the forfeiture of the gratuity in case of misconduct of the employee. Depending upon the nature of the misconduct sometime complete forfeiture results and yet at other times only partial forfeiture results.
Controlling Authority: If employer is not paying gratuity without showing any authorized reason for termination, you can make an application to the Controlling Authority. On receipt of the application from you, they issue a certificate for the Gratuity amount to the Collector. The Collector shall recover the amount as arrears of revenue together with compound interest at the rate of 9% p.a from the date of expiry of the prescribed time and the pay the same to the employee entitled thereto.
First speak to the right person/HR Deptt, get to know what exactly the reason for termination, if you find no valid reason, convey the right message to the HR and get the things done smoothly.... if not.. please approach Legally....
Good Luck.......