Sir,
I ,Anuj Kathuria had closed down my proprietorship audited firm M/s Sushma sarees , with four employees , in March, 2017 . Employee Ramesh ,was employed with the firm for 16 years as packer. I had not taken any request letter from him, at the time of his joining of service .
I started a new proprietorship firm m/s Swastik sarees on 01/07/2017.
Firm not registered under Shops and eastablishment Act.
Firm A/cs were audited for Fy 2017,2018 .
Firm expense under the head :
Salary payable to staff
was paid to Rahul,Jitender (book entry).
No entry in a/c books under the head salary :
For Ramesh since 2017 though he was in service.
Firm A/c books were not audited after 2018 due to low sales.
Present scenario:
Firm does not maintain any attendance register and monthly salary of Rs 14500/- (mutually agreed) was paid in cash to only employee, Ramesh.
He demanded an immediate hike in salary on 01/3/25 . I requested him to wait for some period for sales to pick up but he had other ideas.
He started absenting from service since 01/03/25 .
I called him on 15/03/25 enquiring about his absence from service to which he replied that he was getting house renovation done at his native place .
I received whatsApp message from him on 15/04/2025 demanding Rs50000/- on a/c.
His salary for the month of March, April is to be paid by me.
Should I deposit his due salary in his bank a/c?
(Not as per notification by Delhi Govt. Minimum wages for packer Rs 18500/-)
Should I send letter at his address enquiring about reason for his unauthorized absence from service?
Will I be liable to pay gratuity to him if he decides to resign from service today/ in future?
