TIOL-DDT 410 · Thursday, 20 July 2006 · story 5 of 5

Ex gratia - an ex gratia payment is a payment made without the giver recognising any liability or legal obligation.

By the very nature of things no one has a legal right to claim a reward. The scheme itself shows that it is purely an ex-gratia payment subject to guidelines and may be granted on the absolute discretion of the competent authority and cannot be claimed by anyone. -

This apart, (reward) being ex gratia, no right accrues to any sum as such till it is determined and awarded as a matter of right. -

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