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High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/4835/2020disposed of

Kulbir Singh And ORS v. State Of Haryana And Others

2024-01-25Mr. Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH (Sr. No. 215) (1) CWP-4835-2020 Date of Decision : 25.01.2024 Kulbir Singh and others

...Petitioners

Versus

State of Haryana and others

...Respondents

(2) CWP-6261-2020 Rajesh Kumar and others

...Petitioners

Versus

State of Haryana and others

...Respondents

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI

Present:

Mr. R. N. Lohan, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Saurabh Mohunta, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. *** Harsimran Singh Sethi J. (Oral) In the present petitions, the grievance of the petitioners is that the action of the respondents in denying them the benefit of annual increment after one year of their initial appointment is bad, hence the order dated 13.12.2019 (Annexure P-27) is liable to be set-aside. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that keeping in view reply given, in paragraph 3, it has already been stated that the

benefit of regular pay scale has already been given to the petitioner from the date of appointment and the arrears have been given from 01.04.2023 in compliance of the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India passed in Civil Appeal Nos. 7391-95 of 2013, dated 31.01.2017 and the present petitions have already been rendered infructuous. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that as per his information though the pay-scale has been given but the petitioners have not been granted the benefit of increment upon the grant of regular pay-scale from the date of their initial appointment. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that once the regular pay-scale has been given to the petitioners from the date of their initial appointment, it cannot be said that the benefit of increment has not been given to the petitioners.

been extended to the petitioners, an appropriate detailed order will be passed for the information and consideration of the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that keeping in view the statement of learned State counsel, the present petition may kindly be disposed of having been not pressed any further with liberty to file a representation with respondents so as to raise all the claims as raised in the present petition.

Ordered accordingly.

A photocopy of this order be placed on the file of connected cases.

January 25th, 2024 (HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI) Riya JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No