JUDGMENT :

(Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the impugned order in O.Mu.No.293/A3/2020 dated 12.06.2020 of the 1st respondent herein and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents 1 and 2 herein to award incentive increments to the petitioner's M.A. and M.Ed., degree with effect from 29.04.1993 with all attendant benefits and privileges in the light of the judgment reported in 2008 (5) MLJ 1349 and order dated 05.03.2018 in W.A.(MD)No.895 of 2013 of the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court.)

The request of the petitioner herein to award the incentive increments for M.A., and M.Ed., qualifications, with effect from the date of appointment i.e., 29.04.1993, has been rejected by the first respondent herein, through the impugned order, dated 12.06.2020, predominantly, on the ground that the petitioner had already given an undertaking at the time of her appointment that she will not claim incentive increments.

2. This issue has been consistently held in favour of the teachers to whom the incentive increments have been denied in view of t