IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK RUSIA &

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE PRADEEP MITTAL

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ON THE 17 OF DECEMBER, 2025 WRIT PETITION No. 48250 of 2025 ANIL PAL Versus HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Shafiqullah - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri Sandeep K. Shukla - Advocate appearing on behalf of the respondents No.1 and 2.

Shri Abhijeet Awasthi - Dy. Advocate General for the respondent No.3/State.

ORDER Per: Justice Vivek Rusia The grievance of the petitioner in the writ petition is about the non-grant of an annual increment, which became due on completion of one year’s service before attaining the age of superannuation, before the first of July. In some of the cases, the petitioner or the employees, whose widows/legal heirs have approached this Court, have retired from service on 30th June and in others, they have retired on 31st December of the year of their superannuation. It is their case that they have not been extended the benefit of increment, which otherwise became due to them on 1st July of the same year or 1st January of the next year, as the case may be.

Hence, this petition has been filed.

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