Recently, supreme court held that the government employees cannot be denied annual increment merely because they have retired on the very next day of the earning.
An appeal was filed by the Karnataka power transmission corporation limited where the issued was raised that whether the government employees who have retired the next day of earning will be denied of the annual increment or not.
In the case of Karnataka power Transmission Corporation limited, the government employees denied of the annual increment because they have retired on the very next day of it.
Regulation 40(1) of the Karnataka Electricity Board Employees Service Regulations, 1997 states that the increment of the annual earning is legally enforceable on the very first day of which it is earned. The appellant in this case said that the day on which the annual increment is legally enforced the employees got retired and not in a service.
After the argument got rejected by the High court, the Karnataka power transmission corporation limited went to the Supreme Court.
Senior Advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, appeared for the appellant and argued that the increment is in the form of a bonus or incentive to motivate them so, that the employees can perform well and good next year. He also argued that if the employee is not in service than there is no purpose of giving it.
The argument was rejected by the court by saying that the increment is a benefit given to the employees for performing well in the preceding year on the account of their service. Only on the mistake or as penalty the amount cannot be given or deducted otherwise it should be provided.
Written by- Jyoti student of BA LLB (2nd semester) at Army institute of law, Mohali
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