C/SCA/10929/2025 ORDER DATED: 07/08/2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10929 of 2025 With R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9766 of 2025 ========================================================== UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Versus ISHVARBHAI R PATEL S/O RAJIVBHAI PATEL ========================================================== Appearance: MR HARSHEEL D SHUKLA(6158) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1,2,3 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. SUPEHIA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI Date : 07/08/2025 ORAL ORDER (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. SUPEHIA) 1. This Court has disposed of the group of proceedings being MCA (For Contempt) No.257 of 2024 in Special Civil Application No.11186 of 2023 and allied matters vide order dated 26.03.2025 in terms of the order dated 20.02.2025 passed by the Apex Court on the issue of grant of one increment to the employees of the entire State, who have retired from services and are getting pension. 2. Learned advocate appearing for the applicants has submitted that the captioned petitions are also arising out of the same issue and therefore, similar order may be passed. 3. Learned advocate Ms.Vilas Purani is permitted to file her Vakalatnama on behalf of the C/SCA/10929/2025 ORDER DATED: 07/08/2025 respondent(s) in each of the matter/s. Registry to accept the same, as and when it is filed. Learned advocate Ms.Purani for the respondent(s) does not dispute the submissions made on behalf of the petitioners. 4. Having heard the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties and considering the fact that the issue raised in the captioned petitions, which pertains to grant of one increment, has already been decided by this Court in a group of proceedings as referred herein above, the present petitions are disposed of in terms of the observations made vide order dated 26.03.2025 passed in MCA (For Contempt) No.257 of 2024 in SCA No.11186 of 2023 and allied matters. 5. Accordingly, the captioned petitions are disposed of. Registry to maintain copy of this order in each of the petitions. Sd/- (A. S. SUPEHIA, J) Sd/- (R. T. VACHHANI, J) NVMEWADA/36,69 Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judges. Digitally signed by: NEHABEN VINODBHAI MEWADA(HC01571), PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 11/08/2025 11:37:06