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"9. Date of next increment in the revised pay structure-

There will be a uniform date of annual increment, viz. 1st July of every year. Employees completing 6 months and above in the revised pay structure as on 1st of July will be eligible to be granted the increment. The first increment after fixation of pay on 1.1.2006 in the revised pay structure will be granted on 1.7.2006 for those employees for whom the date of next increment was between 1st July, 2006 to 31 December, 2006.

We do not find any merit in the reasoning ascribed by the learned Single Judge. Annual increment is due only if the HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH, BENCH AT INDORE Writ Petition No.10642/2020(S) (Bhawar Lal Choudhary Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh and another) employee was in service on the due date, i.e. 01-7-2010. He has already been granted annual increment as due on 01-7-2009, however, an increment could have been granted to an employee only if he was in service on 1st July of that particular year. Since the writ petitioner/respondent attained the age of superannuation one day prior to the cutoff date, i.e. 30.6.2010, therefore, the appellant is not entitled for the next annual increment. The mere fact that the writ petitioner has retired a day earlier, will not entitle him for grant of annual increment, the cutoff date, would always bar candidates from getting a benefit. The cutoff date cannot be ignored as it is sacrosanct. Therefore, the mere fact that the writ petitioner attained the age of superannuation a day before the date of grant of increment, he cannot be held entitled for the benefit of the same.