Shri Prakash Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy./Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Rural Development Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9010 of 2023 Petitioner :- Shri Prakash Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy./Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Rural Development Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dharm Raj Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties.

¶2Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties to grant one annual increment to which the petitioner has earned by rendering services from Ist July 2018 till 30th June 2019 whereafter he superannuated on 30.06.2019 and became entitled for the increment with effect from Ist July, 2019.

¶3Learned counsel has placed reliance on judgment rendered by this court in the case of P.P. Pandey versus State of U.P. and others, reported in 2021(1)ADJ 646 which has been followed by another coordinate Bench of this Court in the case of Nand Vijay Singh and others versus Union of India and other, reported in (2021)4 AWC 3182 which has been quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in the case of The Director (Admn. and HR) KPTCL & others versus C.P. Mundinamani and others reported in 2023 Live Law (SC) 296.

¶4Learned State Counsel also does not dispute the fact that petitioner is squarely covered by the aforesaid judgment.

¶5Considering the said factors, a writ in the nature of Mandamus is issued commanding the opposite parties to grant benefit of judgment rendered by this Court in the case of P.P. Pandey (supra) with regard to grant of one annual increment to which he had become admissible on Ist July, 2019.

¶6Resultantly, the petition succeeds and is allowed at the admission stage itself. Parties to bear their own costs. Order Date :- 22.11.2023 Subodh/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench