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Deepak Tandon v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Personnel Lko. and 3 Others

Allahabad HC4 Apr 2024/2634/2024

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One annual increment; increment earned on rendering service from 01.07.2018 to 30.06.2019; superannuation; increment with effect from 01.07.2019; P.P. Pandey v. State of U.P. 2021(1)ADJ 646 followed; Nand Vijay Singh v. Union of India (2021)4 AWC 3182; The Director (Admn. and HR) KPTCL v. C.P. Mundinamani 2023 Live Law (SC) 296; writ of mandamus; pay and increments; writ allowed at admission stage; parties to bear their own costs; Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; Shree Prakash Singh, J.

What did the court decide?

Writ of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to grant the petitioner one annual increment admissible on 01.07.2019 in terms of P.P. Pandey (supra); parties to bear their own costs. ¶10

Deepak Tandon Vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Personnel Lko. and 3 Others — Allahabad HC (2024) — LawSathi Research

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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC-LKO:27673

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Court No. - 20

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Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2634 of 2024 Petitioner :- Deepak Tandon Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Personnel Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gyanendra Nath Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Gaurav Mehrotra,Prashast Puri

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Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J.

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Heard Sri Gyanendra Nath, learned counsel for the petitioner, State counsel for respondent no. 1, Sri Prashast Puri, learned counsel for respondent nos. 2 to 4

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Petition 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 and became entitled for the increment with effect from Ist July, 2019.

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Learned 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.

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Learned State Counsel and Sri Prashast Puri, counsel for opposite party nos. 2 to 4 also do not dispute the fact that petitioner is squarely covered by the aforesaid judgment.

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Considering 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.

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Resultantly, the petition succeeds and is allowed at the admission stage itself. Parties to bear their own cost.

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Order Date :- 4.4.2024 Mayank

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Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench

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