Mr Mukesh,
I do not understand relevance of comparing age of 17.8 with 4.8 of gratuity qualification.
Anyway here i present my data from a lawyer's site -
"Judgment from Supreme Court:
"Yes, by virtue of the judgment of Supreme Court rendered under the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act in Surendra Kumar Verma vs. Central Govt. Industrial Tribunal,[(1980) (4) S.C.C.433)], it is enough that an employee has a service of 240 days in the preceding 12 months and it is not necessary that he should have completed one whole year’s service. As the definition of continuous service in Industrial Dispute Act and Payment of Gratuity Act are synonymous, the same principal can be adopted under the act also and hence an employee rendering service of 4 year 10months 11days is considered to have completed 5 years continuous service under sec.4(2) and thereby is eligible for gratuity."
An employee who has put in his service for a period of 240 days in fifth year will be deemed to have continued in the service for 1 year.
Mettus Beardsell Ltd., Madrs Vs. RLC(C) 1998 LLR 1072(Mad)
For further clarifications you can follow the link -
Clarity between gratuity eligibility service (5 or 4.8 yrs)? - Labour & Service Law Forum - Law, Lawyers, Advocates, Law Firms,Legal Help, Legal Experts,Judgements,Law Help, Indian Lawyers
Hope that clarifies the doubt that any person who has worked
a minimum period of 4 years and 240 days is eligible to gratuity amount