Gratuity eligibility criteria

You have to be in 5 years continuous service in the company, to be eligible for gratuity, that you are not to be so.

Please refer https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1503989/

“According to Section 2A of the Gratuity Act ,An employee is eligible for Gratuity for the service in 4 yrs 6 months (in case if employee employed in an establishment which works for less than six days in a week)”.

So, I am looking for clarification about my dates.

You have worked 4 years 6 months 5 days.

You should have worked 5 years of continuous service to be eligible for gratuity, where continuous service means 240 days work in a calendar year.

for last period of 6 months 5 days, you have not done continuous service of 240 days. Hence not eligible.

But if you have worked, suppose, 4 years 10 months 5 days, you would be eligible for gratuity. In this case, 10 months 5 days is beyond 240 days limit. Hence 10 months 5 days would be treated as 1 full year. Hence eligible.