8. Recovery of Gratuity.-

If the amount of gratuity payable under this Act is not paid by the employer, within the prescribed time, to the person entitled thereto, the controlling authority shall, on an application made to it in this behalf by the aggrieved person, issue a certificate for that amount to the Collector, who shall recover the same, together with compound interest thereon at such rate as the Central Government may, by notification, specify] from the date of expiry of the prescribed time, as arrears of land revenue and pay the same to the person entitled thereto: