Its been 8 months the company I worked for is not giving my gratuity...

Hi Sir/Ma'am, I have worked for 6 years and 8 months in a company that was based in Mumbai, later it got relocated to Karjat, and I left my company on the 5th of October 2021. When I requested them for my Gratuity Payment, they have been saying they need some time as the company is not able to generate new revenue, after this, I was patient enough to wait and every single time I have co-operated with the company's request to wait for more time. After regular follow-ups, now its been 8 months and still they are saying this to me:- (We are still struggling to earn revenue at our company. We are not able to raise funds either. Our statutory dues have been outstanding since a while. We will definitely pay the Gratuity money but it will take some time. There are a lot of our ex-employees who left the organization much before you left & we have still not cleared their gratuity. We can't commit to any timeline right now but we shall definitely process your gratuity on a priority basis.) Please guide me on what should I do next as it's been now 8 months and I feel the company is holding back my gratuity purposely as my MD had asked me to leave the company when I asked him why did you give someone an increment during the time when every employee is working on a pay cut since 1.5 + years, so my exit was not on a good note because I had the guts to confront my boss asking a very genuine/valid question. Please guide me on what step should I take next as this company is just buying more and more time without any solid response or surety of till when they will clear my gratuity! Thanks and regards, Azar