Mohammad Isak Mohammad Sharif and Others v. State of Maharashtra, Thr. Secretary, Rural Devpt. and Water Conservation Dept., Mumbai and Ors.
Service Law – Annual Increment
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, Writ Petition No. 785/2023 (decided 19/08/2025; coram Anil S. Kilor and Mrs. Vrushali V. Joshi, JJ.). Retired employees' limited grievance regarding grant of annual increment. Following this Court's judgment in Pandurang Vithobaji Dhumne v. State of Maharashtra, 2022 (4) Mh.L.J. 270, and Government Resolution dated 28.06.2023, held that employees who complete one full year of service and retire on 30th June are entitled to the annual increment. Petition disposed of with direction to grant increment if no other legal impediment; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondents to grant annual increment to the petitioners, if there is no other legal impediment; no order as to costs. ¶18