PATNA, India, May 1 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on April 29:

1. Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioners, Shri. Tej Bahadur Singh and learned AC to GP-12.

2. The learned senior counsel for the petitioners submits that the instant writ petition was filed on 17-5-2019, it is submitted that the said submission has been made regarding filing of writ petition for the reason that it has bearing on the adjudication of the present case.

3. The learned senior counsel further submits that the instant writ petition has been filed seeking a direction upon the respondent Nos. 2 to 4 for granting the benefit of annual increment for their last year of service, which has been denied to the petitioners on the grounds that pe...