SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 369 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 369 of 2025 State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. /Prin. Secy. Ayush U.P. Lko. And 2 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus Dr. Kamla Yadav .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent(s) : Raj Kumar Upadhyaya (R.K.Upadhyaya) Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit is taken on record. (C.M. Application No.1 of 2025) 2. This is an application seeking condonation of delay in filing the appeal. 3. Heard. 4. We have gone through the affidavit in support of the application seeking condonation of delay. Cause shown is sufficient. 5. Accordingly, the application is allowed. Delay is condoned. (Order on memo of appeal) 6. Heard. 7. The contention of the appellants' counsel is that private respondent attained the age of superannuation on 30.04.2020 and not 30.06.2020, however, he was given the benefit of extension of services till the end of the session i.e. 30.06.2020, accordingly, he continued till 30.06.2020. The question before the writ court was as to whether in this scenario, the benefit of annual increment which would accrue on 01.07.2