JUDGMENT :

Krishna Murari, J.

1. These intra-court appeals one filed by the State of Haryana (respondent in the writ petition) and the other filed by the appellant-petitioner since are directed against the common judgment of the learned Single Judge, hence have been clubbed together and are being decided by this common judgment.

2. Learned Single Judge vide order impugned in both the appeals while allowing the claim of the appellant-petitioner for entitlement of one advance increment on account of acquisition of police medal for meritorious service rejected his claim for grant of additional increment during his extension of service period. The part of the order rejecting the said claim has been challenged by the appellant-petitioner while the State of Haryana has come up in appeal against the part of the order holding that the appellant-petitioner would be entitled to grant of benefit of one advance increment for acquisition of police medal for meritorious service.

3. Facts in brief relevant for the purpose of adjudication of the controversy can be summarized as under:-

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