“ 17. A perusal of FR 27 (10) (1) (a) (b) and 27 (10) (2) (a) (b) clearly shows that the grant of additional increments to Nursing Staff, would also be applicable to those who possess the required Diploma and higher educational qualifications at the time of their regular appointments, provided they were recruited after 01.10.1986. Similarly, a reading of para 1 with para 2 (i) & (ii) of the OM dated 15.01.2010 clearly provides that Nursing Staff who hold the required Diploma Certificates and the educational qualifications at the time of their appointments and who were recruited after 01.10.1986, would have to be granted additional increments. In the present case, some of the petitioners were initially appointed on contract basis as Nursing Staff and thereafter regularized. On the other hand, some of the petitioners herein were directly appointed as Nursing Staff. They were however all regularly appointed between the year 2010 and 2019. As such, if the petitioners have Diploma Certificates in terms of para 1 (a) and the qualification in terms of para 1 (b) of the OM dated 15.01.2010, at the time of their regular appointments as Nursing Staff, they would have to be granted additional increments as provided in the said OM. They cannot be denied the said benefit, just because they did not attain the said qualification after their regular
