MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON 5200009 EX-SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, SHRI SAMIR CHANDRA KAR V/S THE UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

SHILLONG, India, April 1 -- Meghalaya High Court issued the following judgment/order on Feb. 27:

1. The petitioner who was enrolled in the Assam Rifles as LDA, and superannuated as a Senior Accountant/Junior Accounts Officer, is before this Court with a prayer for consideration of the representations made before the respondents, for grant of one annual notional increment, which it is claimed, was earned 1(one) day before his retirement, and for grant of consequential pensionary benefits.

2. Mr. B. Deb, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petitioner who retired on 30.06.2021, had obtained the necessary qualifying service entitling him to the annual increment, which however has not been granted even in spite of the rep...