Service Matters: Grant of Increment -Government employees cannot be denied the annual increment merely because they are to retire on the very next day of earning the increment.

 Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Case Type : CIVIL APPEAL NO. 2471 OF 2023

Parties: The Director (Admn. and HR) KPTCL & Ors. Vs C.P. Mundinamani & Ors.

Date of Decision :APRIL 11, 2023

Government employees cannot be denied the annual increment merely because they are to retire on the very next day of earning the increment-The entitlement to receive increment, therefore, crystallises when the government servant completes the requisite length of service with good conduct and becomes payable on a succeeding day- Increment is not an "incentive" to perform well the next year- The entitlement to the benefit of annual increment is due to the service already rendered- Para 6.7