To be eligible for gratuity an employee has to put in five years of service. If in the fifth year an employee has worked for 240 days , he is deemed to have worked for full year. Minimum requirement of 240 days includes all weekly holidays, public holidays and other authorised leave period. If you have completed 244 days then you are eligible for Gratuity. A married woman is entitled to maternity leave of twelve weeks as per Maternity Benefit Act 1961 and that period will be considered and counted in working days. If your employer denies you Gratuity you have to demand in writing and then proceed under the Payment of Gratuity Act and petition the authority under the Act which usually is Asstt. Labour Commissioner of the area. A notice in writing to the employer would entitle you to claim interest on gratuity amount if it is denied thereon.