Central Administrative Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi O.A. No.2726/2025 This the 14^th day of November, 2025 Hon’ble Dr. Anand S Khati, Member(A)

(1) Anand Singh (Age: 62 years, Mobile No.

9136449393) Address for communication: 2/26, Sector-2, Rajinder Nagar Ghaziabad (2) Bhagwat Parshad (Age: 75 years, Mobile No.

8178130358) Address for communication:

H. No. 642 (Near Bab Haridas Mandir)

Vill. & PO: Jharoda Kalan New Delhi-110072 (3) Jagat Singh (deceased)

(through wife, Smt. Usha Devi)

(Mobile No. 9690425508) Address for communication: H. No. 136, Rampu Pilkhuwa-

245304 136, Rampura Colony (4) Lal Chand (Age: 60 years, Mobile No. 9868638669) Address for communication D-1/602, Harsh Vihar New Delhi-110093 (5) Raj Kumari Bhrara (Age: 67 Years, Mobile No.

9811084267) Address for communication:

A-4/414, Paschim Vihar New Delhi-110063 6) Rajvir Singh (Age: 63 years, Mobile No.

9818122775) Address: C-2/2558, Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 (7) Rekha Rohtagi (Age: 72 years, 9818903018)

Address: B-801, Ashiana Apartments Mayur Vihar, Ph. I Extn. New Delhi-110091 ...Applicants (By Advocate: Mr. Vidya Sagar)

Versus

1. Govt. of NCT of Delhi Through:

Chief Secretary Delhi Sachivalaya I.P. Estate, New Delhi-110002 (e-Mail: csdelhi@nic.in)

2. Director of Education Old Secretariat New Delhi-110054 (diredu@nic.in)

3. Controller of Accounts Finance Department Govt. of NCT of Delhi Delhi Secretariat I.P. Estate, New Delhi-110002 [e-Mail Id.: Id.joshi@gov.in]

4. Secretary Department of Personnel & Training Government of India North Block New Delhi-110001.

(e-Mail: secy_mop@nic.in)

...Respondents (By Advocates: Mr. Girish C Jha with Mr. Dhurendra Singh)

ORDER (ORAL)

Hon’ble Dr. Anand S Khati, Member (A):-

In the present Original Application, filed under Section19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, the applicants have prayed for the following relief(s):

“(a) re-calculate the Applicant's pension and other retirement benefits from the dates of their respective retirements, by notionally taking into account the last increment falling due on the date of retirement;

(b) granted arrears of pension and other retirement benefits as indicated above, along with interested at 9% p.a.;

(c) Allow the costs of this O.A., and/or (d) Any other relief in the Applicants' favour, as deemed appropriate by this Hon'ble Tribunal.”

2. Highlighting the facts of the case, learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicants are superannuated on 30^th June/31^st December of the respective year of their retirement. The applicants are seeking the benefit of one notional increment due to them. The applicants represented before the respondents, but no relief has been provided till date. Being aggrieved, the applicants approached this Tribunal and prayed for the aforesaid relief(s).

3. The applicants are seeking payment of notional increment based on the judgement of Hon’ble Apex Court on 11.04.2023 in Civil Appeal No.2471/2023 (SLP No.618507/2020) titled as The Director (Admn. and HR) KPTCL & Ors. vs. C.P. Mundinamani & Ors., reported in (2023) SSC Online SC 401, wherein benefit of notional increment was granted to the employees retiring on 30^th June/31^st December and their increment is due on 1st July/1st January for pensionary benefits.

4. In view of the judgment passed by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the matter of grant of notional increment to such government employees, who are superannuated on a day prior to the date on which the increment was due, the only matter to be considered was the date of implementation of the said order. The judgement of the Hon'ble Apex Court was reviewed once again on account of a petition filed by the respondents in Union of India & Anr. vs. M. Siddaraj, wherein the Hon’ble Apex Court passed the following order on 06.09.2024:-

“It is stated that the Review Petition in Diary No. 36418/2024 filed by the Union of India is pending.

The issue raised in the present applications requires consideration, insofar as the date of applicability of the judgment dated 11.