Shimla, July 2 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted relief to a conductor of the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC), ordering the benefit of two additional increments after completion of 20 years of service.
A division bench comprising Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Sushil Kukreja quashed HRTC's office order dated April 27, 2023, notification of October 17, 2022, and a letter dated January 27, 2023, through which the petitioner was denied the increments.
The petitioner had argued that under the notification dated September 10, 2015, he was entitled to two additional increments and corresponding post-retirement benefits. HRTC, however, claimed that the 2015 notification had been withdrawn in 2022.
The court o...