Section 8 — Recovery of gratuity.

8. Recovery of gratuity.—If the amount of gratuity payable under this Act is not paid by the 

employer, within the prescribed time, to the person entitled thereto, the controlling authority shall, on an 

application made to it in this behalf by the aggrieved person, issue a certificate for that amount to the 

Collector, who shall recover the same, together with compound interest thereon 1[at such rate as the 

Central Government may, by notification, specify], from the date of expiry of the prescribed time, as 

arrears of land revenue and pay the same to the person entitled thereto:  

2[Provided that the controlling authority shall, before issuing a certificate under this section, give the 

employer a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the issue of such certificate: 

Provided further that the amount of interest payable under this section shall, in no case exceed the 

amount of gratuity payable under this Act.]