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“In spite of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, various government employees including the District Administration, Police, Home guard, Anganwadi Karmachari, etc., were performing their duties carrying risk to their lives.”
“Ex gratia is not a legally mandatory payment like gratuity, it is discretionary, based on employer policy. The purpose of ex gratia is to provide immediate financial relief to the family of the deceased employee.”
“In such trying times when the employee contracted Covid, to expect him to be admitted only in a government hospital for claiming an entitlement, is arbitrary and unjust.”