[{"id":"f3e98691-8177-47ed-be14-e9012b1c9562","order":1,"text":"LEGAL NOTICE","fontSize":"20","textAlign":"center","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"0","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1aaa9026-c30c-439e-adb7-b18933cf59d0","order":2,"text":"(Demand for payment of unpaid salary and other lawful dues)","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"center","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"30","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"36a89a55-6e20-4789-a065-e3663813feab","order":3,"text":"By Registered Post A.D.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"0","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"7acae053-7d93-4e72-bfd0-29c9bd5d7ba4","order":4,"text":"Date: [Date of this notice]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"right","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b479cf84-7032-462b-8427-65912bf3f527","order":5,"text":"From:
[Your full name]
[Residential address]
[City, State - PIN code]
Mobile: [Mobile number] — E-mail: [E-mail address]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"57371d59-ccef-495f-9e06-356f69eac271","order":6,"text":"To,
[Designation of the addressee]
[Name of the employer]
[Registered office or business address]
[City, State - PIN code]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c0ce6122-64df-45bc-8870-f4e10facc07f","order":7,"text":"Sub.: Legal notice for the recovery of unpaid salary and other lawful dues aggregating to INR [Total amount] — demand for payment within [Number] days","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"29fe30ae-9b08-4ac3-b683-7fd6f121b255","order":8,"text":"Dear Sir/Madam,","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"ddb8876a-3b8a-437c-abac-6df82ef93db4","order":9,"text":"I, the undersigned, hereby serve upon you the present legal notice and state as follows:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"69f317a3-102c-4073-a4d0-8075c9dfc6c6","order":10,"text":"1. I was employed by [Name of the employer] (hereinafter referred to as "the Employer") in the capacity of [Designation], with effect from [Date of joining]. Throughout my tenure, I have discharged my duties faithfully, diligently and to the entire satisfaction of the Employer, and no adverse action, objection or complaint concerning my service has ever been communicated to me.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"sectionNum":"S01"},{"id":"087a1699-538c-42d2-83b5-508fd1e82c92","order":11,"text":"My appointment was made and recorded vide appointment letter dated [Date of the appointment letter], the terms whereof govern my employment.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"2d04eabe-c4e8-41d1-9fdb-b73e187ab149","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"b25cc5c6-e11e-4d7d-a51b-f06d037f8d91","order":12,"text":"I was assigned Employee Code [Employee code] by the Employer.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"0c659bf4-7fa3-4039-9904-8890df80b445","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"eb4729e0-d19c-4143-bac0-1fc447fe32ff","order":13,"text":"2. My agreed gross remuneration is INR [Gross monthly salary] per month, payable monthly in arrears, in addition to such other benefits, allowances and entitlements as form part of my terms of employment.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"sectionNum":"S02"},{"id":"6b3006c2-6a10-4ebb-a941-d8559770a05c","order":14,"text":"3. My employment with the Employer ceased with effect from [Last working day], consequent upon my resignation, which was duly tendered by me and accepted. I have duly complied with the exit formalities required of me. Under Section 17(2) of the Code on Wages, 2019, all wages payable to an employee upon cessation of employment are required to be paid within two working days thereof; the said statutory period has long since expired, yet my full and final settlement remains unpaid.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"8b3480e7-582a-4ef6-9870-eb2c6bf430ec","value":"ended","type":"add","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S03"},{"id":"1d48e03c-ef26-4bdb-a53d-4d200349d390","order":15,"text":"4. The Employer has failed, neglected and refused to pay the following amounts, which are lawfully due and payable to me:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"sectionNum":"S04"},{"id":"0b3a0b8a-5878-4490-9a0c-bfca9951ede2","order":16,"text":"— unpaid salary and wages for the period from [Start date] to [End date]: INR [Amount];","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b0e6391b-b8c9-4368-b9d4-dd36bab44aee","value":"no","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"1d31fd89-8970-461b-bb8d-d0e9233f2374","order":17,"text":"— unpaid bonus, incentive and/or commission, namely [Description of the bonus or incentive]: INR [Amount];","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"62f8e895-6400-4066-b34a-273363119f44","value":"no","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"6396a446-ea56-47d3-a042-ed96ef9226ea","order":18,"text":"— gratuity for [Number] completed years of continuous service: INR [Amount];","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"64802a95-0720-4883-8fe9-2f8882c1eea4","value":"no","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"8b3480e7-582a-4ef6-9870-eb2c6bf430ec","value":"employed","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"f8c9a8ed-3b29-4856-b3c1-b06f7ebaf365","order":19,"text":"— encashment of [Number] days of accrued but unavailed earned leave: INR [Amount];","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"d0d77773-d4a9-4475-9fc1-adbd8645e8a8","value":"no","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"8b3480e7-582a-4ef6-9870-eb2c6bf430ec","value":"employed","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"79ba4d93-2589-477e-a1e2-9339fcdbbc76","order":20,"text":"— reimbursement of expenses duly incurred by me for and on behalf of the Employer, namely [Description of the expenses]: INR [Amount];","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"14fc479e-65be-441c-a983-10eb525f0198","value":"no","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"fba6f71e-c75e-434a-8b0d-6f1157a72427","order":21,"text":"— other dues, namely [Description of the other dues]: INR [Amount];","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"feb2837e-749e-4139-86a3-e0a7713e7e8a","value":"no","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"800705f7-d289-4c2d-9f01-2f8e6c5350dd","order":22,"text":"TOTAL AMOUNT DUE AND PAYABLE: INR [Total amount] (Rupees [Total amount in words] only).","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"699307ab-aef4-4851-988d-c1fb67bdd0db","order":23,"text":"The aforesaid dues have remained unpaid despite my repeated requests, reminders and follow-ups, both oral and in writing, to which the Employer has paid no heed.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"11445168-4b33-47a1-ba4f-f7da4c6be6df","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"0121d43a-3217-4100-b294-d09573cb144f","order":24,"text":"5. The unpaid salary constitutes "wages" within the meaning of Section 2(y) of the Code on Wages, 2019. Under Section 17(1) of the said Code, wages are required to be paid within the prescribed wage period, and their continued non-payment constitutes a subsisting statutory default as well as a fundamental breach of my contract of employment.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b0e6391b-b8c9-4368-b9d4-dd36bab44aee","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S05"},{"id":"ccf98248-51c3-42f1-a46d-6b32452a5d22","order":25,"text":"6. Insofar as the unpaid amounts represent statutory bonus, Chapter IV of the Code on Wages, 2019 — in particular Section 39 thereof — requires all amounts payable by way of bonus to be paid within eight months from the close of the accounting year; and insofar as they represent contractual incentive or commission, they form part of my agreed remuneration and are recoverable as such.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"62f8e895-6400-4066-b34a-273363119f44","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S06"},{"id":"57a870aa-18d9-4a1b-b9fe-1987f3530d2a","order":26,"text":"7. Under Section 53 of the Code on Social Security, 2020, gratuity became due and payable to me upon the cessation of my employment; under Section 56 of the said Code, the Employer was bound to arrange payment thereof within thirty days from the date on which it became payable, failing which the amount carries simple interest at the rate notified by the Central Government for the entire period of the delay.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"64802a95-0720-4883-8fe9-2f8882c1eea4","value":"no","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"8b3480e7-582a-4ef6-9870-eb2c6bf430ec","value":"employed","type":"remove","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S07"},{"id":"2d582d72-b4d2-45c2-8b03-883ac73fac3a","order":27,"text":"8. The encashment of accrued but unavailed earned leave upon the cessation of employment is mandated by Section 32 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, read with the applicable State Shops and Establishments legislation and the terms of my employment, and forms part of my full and final settlement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"d0d77773-d4a9-4475-9fc1-adbd8645e8a8","value":"no","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"8b3480e7-582a-4ef6-9870-eb2c6bf430ec","value":"employed","type":"remove","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S08"},{"id":"557711e8-991e-476e-ad63-bbf0f1c46672","order":28,"text":"9. Amounts were further deducted from my wages towards statutory contributions and taxes, namely [Description of the deductions concerned], which the Employer has failed to deposit with the authorities concerned and/or to evidence to me. The Employer is hereby called upon to deposit the said amounts forthwith and to furnish documentary proof of such deposit to me. The Employer is put to notice that the deduction of such amounts from wages without their deposit attracts the consequences of criminal breach of trust under Section 316 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, besides recovery, interest, damages and penal action at the instance of the authorities concerned.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b746a1af-9bdd-4b7f-bcc1-a8b295b1d953","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S09"},{"id":"dc00197b-8cb4-470f-9dd8-40074769cced","order":29,"text":"10. The withholding and retention of the aforesaid amounts by the Employer is wholly illegal, arbitrary and unjustified, amounts to unjust enrichment at my expense, and has caused me grave financial hardship, loss and mental agony, for which the Employer alone is responsible.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"sectionNum":"S10"},{"id":"afe31079-d02f-4556-a6fb-78e01c50507b","order":30,"text":"11. I therefore hereby call upon the Employer, by way of this notice, to pay to me the sum of INR [Total amount] (Rupees [Total amount in words] only), together with interest thereon at the rate of [Rate] per cent per annum, including by way of interest under the Interest Act, 1978, from the respective due dates until the date of actual payment and realisation, besides the costs of this notice, within a period of [Number] days from the receipt of this notice, by credit to my bank account on the Employer's records or by account-payee cheque or demand draft delivered to me at my address stated above.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"sectionNum":"S11"},{"id":"f8a9b2ce-e2cf-4ba9-b2bf-76192d467064","order":31,"text":"12. I further call upon the Employer to issue and deliver to me, within the same period and to the extent not already furnished, my relieving letter, my service and experience certificate and the Form 16/TDS certificate for the relevant period, together with a detailed computation and statement of my full and final settlement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"8b3480e7-582a-4ef6-9870-eb2c6bf430ec","value":"ended","type":"add","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S12"},{"id":"024fd9ca-53e2-4410-b495-beb1d9d6c34e","order":32,"text":"13. TAKE NOTICE that should the Employer fail to make payment in full within the period stipulated above, I shall be constrained, without any further reference or notice, to initiate appropriate legal proceedings against the Employer and the persons responsible for the conduct of its affairs, including, without limitation:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"sectionNum":"S13"},{"id":"e460f44d-a041-4773-a61f-228ecd2e1b6e","order":33,"text":"— a claim before the competent Authority under Section 45 of the Code on Wages, 2019, which Authority is empowered to award, in addition to the dues, compensation of up to ten times the amount of the claim determined;","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2be2cb85-a159-4f15-be07-a99e8136ac50","order":34,"text":"— a complaint to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator appointed under the Code on Wages, 2019, for inspection and enforcement action against the Employer;","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b592ec58-6f5b-4fb2-9ce4-1e3fd23a0c10","order":35,"text":"— an application before the competent authority under the Code on Social Security, 2020 for the determination and recovery of gratuity together with interest thereon;","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"64802a95-0720-4883-8fe9-2f8882c1eea4","value":"no","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"8b3480e7-582a-4ef6-9870-eb2c6bf430ec","value":"employed","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"4919e769-170f-41d3-80b1-4565865d6252","order":36,"text":"— a civil suit for the recovery of the said amounts with interest and costs, including, where maintainable, a summary suit under Order XXXVII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908;","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2268139d-ff2d-4157-814a-49452ba4cecc","order":37,"text":"— proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, treating the aforesaid dues as an operational debt, subject to the thresholds prescribed thereunder;","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"7d0f9dac-2f57-4ba3-be74-a2089c1e9dd1","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"2ee3a432-4aaa-4d73-9a18-cc3ad6e4de6b","order":38,"text":"in each case entirely at the Employer's risk, cost and consequences, which the Employer shall alone be liable to bear.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"86e5a8f6-e621-451e-b42f-804ed4d61eb3","order":39,"text":"14. This notice is issued without prejudice to, and with a full reservation of, all my rights, remedies, claims and contentions, whether under statute, contract, equity or otherwise, none of which shall be deemed to have been waived, abandoned or relinquished by reason of anything stated in, or omitted from, this notice.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true,"sectionNum":"S14"},{"id":"4801eb92-0c8f-445c-9b12-9cbbfc22ca0e","order":40,"text":"15. A copy of this notice has been retained at my end for record and for production before the appropriate forum or authority, if and when so required.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"30","cflou":false,"active":true,"sectionNum":"S15"},{"id":"62f02e67-2ab2-440e-bce6-9f60e9fb191f","order":41,"text":"Yours faithfully,","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"40","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"50f00a84-53c0-4e79-95cb-d5e0ba5a9ddf","order":42,"text":"[Your full name]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f2defe92-8e83-4453-9909-fe866d164a64","order":43,"text":"Place: [Place of signing]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"0","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6ac9c34e-4eda-4c05-9328-6bd9d2451639","order":44,"text":"Date: [Date of this notice]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"7bfd685b-bf43-4110-a1a3-90f6ef08d552","order":45,"text":"Encl.: Copies of the relevant supporting documents (appointment letter, salary slips, bank statements and correspondence), as applicable.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"0","cflou":false,"active":true}]