# PHOOL CHAND PRASAD vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-09-22
Citation: W.P.(C)-10011/2024 2025:DHC:8426
Petitioner: PHOOL CHAND PRASAD
Respondent: UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

[Official PDF on Delhi High Court website](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/PRJ22092025CW100112024_104204.pdf)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

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, 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

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