Publcity-mad restaurateur Nello Balan is being accused of il legally filching staffers’ tips. Balan and his business partners are being sued over claims they’ve “di verted” more than $100,000 a year in gratuities at his pricey eatery, reports The Post’s Bruce Golding. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, four ex-employees claim a portion of their tips went to Balan’s daughter, his driver and managers who refused to share their own “handshake” tips from pa trons. The suit was filed by lawyer Lou Pechman, who recently scored a record $3.15 million settlement from Sparks Steak House in a similar case. Balan called the claim “totally false.”