ORDER 1. By the instant petition, the petitioners are claiming that although the petitioner No.1 stood retired on 30.6.2021 and the petitioner No.2 stood retired on 30.6.2022 and the annual increment was to be added on 1st of July of that year, but they were not granted the said benefit. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the issue involved in the present case has already been settled by the Supreme Court recently in Civil Appeal No.2471/2023 (The Director {Admn. and HR KPTCL and Ors v. C.P. Mundinamani & Ors) wherein it has been held that benefit of annual increment which was to be added on 1st of July every year shall be paid to the employee who got retired on 30th of June of the said year, therefore the present petitioners are also entitled to get the said benefit. 3. Considering the aforesaid and taking note of the judgment passed by the Supreme Court in case of C.P. Mundinamani (supra), this petition is allowed, directing the respondents to grant the benefit of annual increment which was to be added with effect from 1.7.2021 and 1.7.2022 respectively and recalculate the benefit of retiral dues and pension and issue fresh PPO in favour of the petitioners within a period of three months from the date of submitting copy of this order. 4. With the aforesaid, the petition stands allowed.