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Extension in service counts as qualifying service for pension, gratuity and increments; Himachal Pradesh HC imposes Rs. 10,000 cost on State

The State acts as a model employer that can’t discriminate among its employees and give a benefit that is conferred under the applicable rules/instructions to some, and deny the same to others.

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‘Employee had no role in drawing excess amount in increment’; Kerala High Court upholds KAT order restricting any recovery of excess pay

The Kerala High Court clarified that the authorities erroneously granted the said increment in terms of Government Order while being careless and negligent, and that the respondent could not be faulted at all for their negligence.

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Whether Government employee entitled to annual increment, earned one day prior to retirement?; Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court held that, “the entitlement to receive increment therefore crystallises when the government servant completes requisite length of service with good conduct and becomes payable on the succeeding day.”

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Can employer recover excess increment granted on account of error after 10 years of retirement of the employee? Supreme Court decides

Supreme Court: Reversing the concurrent findings of the Single Judge and Division Bench of Kerala High Court, the Bench of S. Abdul

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HP HC | Whether an employee who retired on 31st of a month is entitled to increment which would have fallen due on 1st of the next month; HC elucidates

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Jyotsna Rewal Dua, JJ., dismissing the present claim against the

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Extension in service counts as qualifying service for pension, gratuity and increments; Himachal Pradesh HC imposes Rs. 10,000 cost on State

‘Employee had no role in drawing excess amount in increment’; Kerala High Court upholds KAT order restricting any recovery of excess pay

Whether Government employee entitled to annual increment, earned one day prior to retirement?; Supreme Court answers

Can employer recover excess increment granted on account of error after 10 years of retirement of the employee? Supreme Court decides

HP HC | Whether an employee who retired on 31st of a month is entitled to increment which would have fallen due on 1st of the next month; HC elucidates

Stopping increment for ‘chewing tobacco in office’ held to be a major punishment; Order set aside: All HC

Order of punishment cannot be passed with a retrospective effect

Subordinate judges to get 30% pay hike on basic pay as interim relief