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Assistant teachers whose appointment was postponed because of a public holiday must receive their first salary increment based on the original appointment date, with salary back-dated and arrears payable from 1 January 2017. The order compels the Uttar Pradesh education department to re-fix salaries accordingly, benefiting dozens of teachers who were otherwise denied the increment.

Allahabad High Court rules that government servants, including MBBS doctors with over five years of service, are entitled to three years of extraordinary leave for postgraduate studies under Clause 3 of the Government Order dated 10.02.2022, even if they do not claim service weightage. The ruling mandates leave approval regardless of weightage claims, reinforcing service jurisprudence for medical officers.

Andhra Pradesh High Court rules that displaced persons whose lands were acquired before the implementation of G.O.Ms.No.98 cannot be denied employment benefits based on arbitrary cut-off dates. The Court directed appointment within four months, emphasizing that procedural limitations cannot override substantive rights of displaced families.

The Karnataka High Court has mandated that state authorities dispose of regularization applications for unauthorized cultivation within three months, enforcing this deadline through writ of mandamus to prevent indefinite delays that jeopardize farmers' livelihoods. This ruling binds revenue and forest departments across Karnataka, ensuring timely relief to thousands of small landholders facing eviction threats.

The Andhra Pradesh High Court ruled that under the Automatic Advancement Scheme, qualification is not a prerequisite for granting Special Adhoc Promotion Post (SAPP) scales, directing the grant of SAPP-II benefits to a retired employee with 24 years of service. The judgment reinforces that financial upgradation under G.O. Ms. No. 96 and G.O. Ms. No. 68 is a statutory entitlement, not a promotional post requiring qualifications.

Madras High Court's Madurai Bench rules that excess pension payments under FR 22-B cannot be recovered, emphasizing prospective application of pay refixation orders. The judgment protects pensioners from financial hardship due to administrative errors and reinforces the principle of non-recovery for past overpayments.

Central Administrative Tribunal directs implementation of Government Order 10-DMRRR/2019 for de-reservation of unfilled posts under PM's package for Kashmiri migrants.