WRIT - A No. 14417 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 14417 of 2025 Jagpal Singh .....Petitioner(s) Versus The State Of U.P. And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Akhilesh Kumar Tripathi, Atipriya Gautam, Pratyush Srivastava, Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 4 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Vijay Gautam, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Pratyush Srivastava learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State respondents. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner, who has retired from the respondent establishment on 31st December is seeking benefit of annual increment which became due on 1st January following the date of retirement, on the ground that petitioners having rendered complete one year service, were entitled to annual increment in the light of the judgment of Supreme Court in the case of Director (Administration and HR) KPTCL and others v. C.P. Mundinamani and others passed in Civil Appeal No.- 2471 of 2023 decided on 11th April, 2023 and subsequent judgment of this Court following the principles of law laid down by the Supreme Court. 3