The employer has retained the original certificates at the time of employment in 2016 - is this legal?

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The employer has retained the original certificates at the time of employment in 2016. The mother of the employee was sick and hospitalized. The employee came to attend his ailing mother after informing and stayed back and resigned. The company is not returning his certificates. What he should do?
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