Charan Dass Dogra And Ors. vs Punjab State And Ors. on 30 July, 1965
2. The issue raised in the instant appeal is no longer res integra. The
order dated 27.5.2009 passed in the case of Charan Dass and others (supra) was
subject matter of challenge in LPA No. 1161 of 2009 (Tarlok Chand and others
v. State of Punjab and others) and connected 69 appeals. In the said bunch of
appeals after considering the issue whether the benefit of special increments
granted to the petitioner-appellants from time to time under the statutory Rule
10.8 of the Departmental Financial Rule could be withdrawn by the respondent
State by enforcing an executive circular dated 5.8.1968, the Letters Patent Bench
L.P.A. No. 12 of 2011 (O&M) 2
(of which one of us, M.M. Kumar, J. was a member) allowed the appeals vide
judgment dated 8.9.2010 by observing as under: