JUDGMENT :

AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH, J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and the respondent-in-person.

2. The present appeal arises out of the final judgment and order dated 31.03.2022 (hereinafter referred to as the “impugned judgment”), passed by a learned Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru (hereinafter referred to as the “High Court”) in Writ Appeal No.4067 of 2019 (L-TER) arising from Writ Petition No.13842 of 2018 (L-TER) by which the High Court dismissed the appeal filed by the appellant (hereinafter also referred to as the “Company”), which was occasioned on account of the learned Single Judge partly allowing the respondent’s writ petition.

THE FACTUAL COMPASS:

3. The respondent, upon being interviewed by the appellant’s concerned officials was appointed as the Regional Business Head (South) – Government Enterprise Services on 22.06.2009, in the grade of Senior Manager (B2)-Sales. The same carried an annual benefits package of Rs.22,00,000/- (Rupees Twenty-Two lakhs) with fixed pay of Rs.13,20,000/- (Rupees Thirteen Lakhs Twenty Thousand) and variable pay under the Sales Incentive Plan (hereinafter referred to as “SIP”) of Rs.8,80,000/- (Rupees Eight