PHOOL CHAND PRASAD vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~91 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on 22.09.2025 + W.P.(C) 10011/2024 PHOOL CHAND PRASAD .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Richa Kapoor, Ms. Udipti Chopra, Mr. Harsh Gautam, Mr. Sandesh Kumar, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raj Kumar Yadav, Ms. Rita, Ms. Ratna Ujjwal, Ms. Anjali Ahlawat, Advocates. Mr. Arjun Mitra, Advocate for R4. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J (ORAL) CM APPL. 46965/2025 (for early hearing) As the writ petition itself was heard in part on 15.09.2025, this application has been rendered infructuous, and is disposed of. W.P.(C) 10011/2024 1. By way of this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, who retired on 30.06.2016 as a Technical Superintendent from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi [‘IIT-D’], seeks the benefit of one notional increment that would have accrued to him on the day immediately following his retirement. 2. I have heard Ms. Richa Kapoor, learned counsel for the petitioner, Signature Not Verified Signed By:SOMYA W.P.(C) 10011/2024 Page 1 of 9 SATIJA Signing Date:24.09.2025 10:38:33 and Mr. Raj Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the respondents – Union of India [“the Union”] and IIT-D. 3. The petitioner joined IIT-D as a Security Guard on 06.02.1984 and continued in service until 30.06.2016, when he attained the age of superannuation. At the time of his retirement, he was holding the post of Technical Superintendent in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, IIT-D. 4. The petitioner’s last annual increment took effect on 01.07.2015, and he would have become entitled to the next increment on 01.07.2016, i.e., the day immediately following his retirement. The petitioner sought a notional increment, for the pur