IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANJEEV SACHDEVA, CHIEF JUSTICE &

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VINAY SARAF

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ON THE 4 OF DECEMBER, 2025 WRIT PETITION No. 45830 of 2025 VIJAY KUMAR AND OTHERS Versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Santosh Sahu - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri Anubhav Jain - GA for the respondent/State.

ORDER Per: Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Chief Justice A common grievance of the petitioners in this writ petition is with regard to grant of annual increment which became due on completion of one year’s service before attaining the age of 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. Hence, this petition has been filed.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners has placed reliance upon the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Director (ADMN) and HR KPTCL v. C.P. Mundinamani, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 401, wherein it is held that the entitlement to receive annual increment crystallises when the Government servant completes a requisite length of service with good conduct and becomes payable on the succeeding d