Stuck Without My Certificates: How Can I Get Them Back 3 Years After Leaving My Job?

I was working for a small firm, Bhatia Tools. When I joined, they took my original certificates. After starting, I discovered that the company was not employee-oriented, the culture was very bad, and the salary was too low to survive in Bangalore. Therefore, I decided to quit.

After 6 months of employment, I sent a resignation email stating the notice period, but they did not respond to my resignation. I continued to follow up for resignation acceptance, but they did not provide any response. After 2 months of notice, I left the company. Unfortunately, they did not return my original certificates.

It has been almost 3 years since I left the job, and I still have not been able to retrieve my certificates. I am unsure of what to do next. Can anybody offer any assistance?

Legal notice.

Do you have a receipt for depositing the originals?

Three years is too long. If nothing else works, file a police case.

The only remedy is to approach the police or the Human Rights Commission.

Varghese Mathew

Why have you been silent about their actions for three years? Don't you value your certificate? You should take action within 3 months. File a police case regarding mismanagement, embezzlement, and the three-year-long issue of struggling to find a job, along with other grievances. Also, consider sending a legal notice to address the situation.

You must not ask for any help from anybody here and there and need to file a police complaint against them. But still, I would suggest you speak to them once for releasing your certificates before taking such action.