IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2026 (@SLP(C) No.11727/2020)

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ..... APPELLANTS VERSUS BALRAJ SINGH & ORS. ..... RESPONDENTS

O R D E R

1. Heard.

2. Leave granted.

3. The present appeal is directed against the order dated 24.12.2019 passed in WP(C) No. 13819/2019 by the High Court of Delhi. Short facts are as under:-

Respondents joined the services of the appellant no.2 in the year 1987-1989 and sought for a direction to grant them the benefits flowing from MACP Scheme introduced through O.M. dated 19.05.2009. It was contended by the respondents (writ applicants) that RASHI GUPTA Date: 2026.03.18 Reason:

despite completion of the requisite number of years of service, they were denied the appropriate financial upgradation. To be more precise the prayer sought for by the petitioners in the writ applications reads as under:

“a. Implement the directive of the Hon'ble Supreme Court that MACP being a part of pay is applicable from 01.01.2006 when the VIth Pay Commission was made applicable to government employees and also issue a Writ of Mandamus to the Respondents asking them to give the benefits of the MACP from 01.01.2006 and