JABALPUR, India, June 10 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 13:
1. In all these writ petitions, a common question of fact and law is involved and therefore, they are heard analogously and disposed of by this common order.
2. A common grievance of the petitioners in this batch of writ petitions is with regard to grant of on completion of one year's service before attaining the age of superannuation. In some of the cases, the petitioners or the employees whose widows/legal heirs have approached this Court, have retired from service on 30th June and while in others, they have retired on 31December of the year of their superannuation. It is their case that they have not been extended the benefit of increment which otherwise became due to them on 1st July of the same year or 1 the case may be. Hence, these petitions have been filed.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners have placed reliance upon the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Director (ADMN) and KPTCL v. C.P. Mundinamani, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 401, wherein it is held that the entitlement to receive annual increment crystallises when the Government servant completes a requisite length of service with good conduct and becomes payable on the succeeding day. The Supreme Court further held that annual increment earned on the last day of service for rendering good service preceding one year from the date of retirement with good behaviour and efficiency was liable to be paid to the employees.
*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://mphc.gov.in/upload/jabalpur/MPHCJB/2025/WP/14583/WP_14583_2025_FinalOrder_13-05-2025.pdf)
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