Hello,
Following the line of thoughts rightly initiated by earlier comment, I recommend for consideration the following.
1) Is the gentleman resigning over dispute/disagreement?
2) Is Management UNWILLING to issue relieving letter for valid and justifying reasons?
3) Is it in the domain of HR to take decision on this matter?
Further, let us not overlook the FACT that "Relieving Letter" has NO legal status in scheme of things and IF the receiving employer WAIVES the demand for a relieving letter, there is NOTHING the present employer can do about it! From your query is does not appear to be case of separation owing to financial irregularity or secrecy terms violations. If it is, then you must state so in the query. In the absence of that, I feel it could be an ego clash or a dispute/disagreement that has remained unresolved as the parties may have taken hard and rigid stance! Whatever the case may be, non issuance of a relieving letter has only a temporary utility.And assuming, before acceptance the employee withdraws his resignation (and he has a legal right to do so) what would be the company's response to the new situation?
Why be difficult about this and such matters?
Find out the authenticity about the matter and dissolve the issue by issuing the relieving letter. I stand corrected if the facts are different/more serious that what are stated in your query!
Regards
samvedan
October 11, 2013
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