Chhaganbhai Kohyabhai Pateiliya vs The State Of Gujarat

Chhaganbhai Kohyabhai Pateiliya vs The State Of Gujarat on 6 October, 2026 Reportable 2026 INSC 1088 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. ........................ OF 2026 (@ SLP (C) NO. 26129 OF 2025) Chhaganbhai Kohyabhai Pateliya and others ….. Appellants versus The State of Gujarat and others ….. Respondents JUDGMENT SANJAY KUMAR, J 1. Leave granted. 2. Successful before a learned Judge of the Gujarat High Court, the appellants met with failure before a Division Bench of that Court, when the appeal filed by the respondents was allowed, vide oral order dated 09.01.2025. Assailing the said order, they are before this Court. 3. The grievance of the appellants before the learned Judge was that they had retired on the 30th of June of various years but were denied the benefit of the increment which fell due on the 1st of July of those years. By order dated 26.09.2023, the learned Judge accepted the appellants’ claim Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by as the issue was no longer res integra in view of the judgment of this Court Deepak Guglani Date: 2026.10.06 13:28:06 IST Reason: in Director (Administration and Human Resources), KPTCL, and others vs. C.P. Mundinamani and others 1, decided on 11.04.2023. However, it was contended by the respondents, the State and its authorities, that the appellants would not be entitled to arrears upon grant of the increment. Thereupon, the learned Judge noted that, in Pravinbhai Khemabhai Patel vs. State of Gujarat2, in a similar situation, a Co-ordinate Bench had directed payment of benefits along with arrears. This decision stood confirmed in appeal by a Division Bench on 07.08.2023. Reference w…