Government servants can't be denied annual increment merely because they retired the very next day of earning it: Supreme Court
Denying annual increment which was earned while rendering service with good conduct and efficiently in the preceding year would be punishing a person for no fault, the Court said.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that government servants cannot be denied their annual increment merely because they retired the very next day after earning the same [The Director (Admn. and HR) KPTCL and Others v. CP Mundinamani and Others].