By means of this writ petition the petitioner has come up to this Court with the grievance that his annual increment is not being paid since 1985. The petitioner is a Police Constable and a criminal case has been lodged against him under Sections 304, 147, 161 and 504 IPC, Police Station Madhuvan, District Azamgarh which is still pending. The grievance of the petitioner is that the annual increment merely upon pendency of a criminal case cannot be withheld as has been held by this Court in the case of Mritunjai Singh Vs. State of U.P., AIR 1971 Allahabad 214 as well as in Writ Petition No. 48666 of 2008 (Subash Tiwari Vs. State of U.P. & others) decided on 23.2.2011.
The matter requires consideration.
Learned Standing Counsel prays for and is allowed one month time to file counter affidavit.
List thereafter.
Order Date :- 26.2.2014 SKM