Vakil Help Desk News: the Kerala High Court has held that district judges recruited directly from the Bar who hold postgraduate law degrees are entitled to three advance increments with effect from July 1996.
Vakil Help Desk News, Litigation & Courts. In a service-law ruling, the Kerala High Court has held that district judges who were recruited directly from the Bar and hold a postgraduate law degree are entitled to three advance increments, with effect from July 1996.
The principle, in plain words
Advance increments are a way of recognising a higher qualification at the time of appointment by starting an officer a few steps higher on the pay scale. The Court held that this benefit applies to this class of directly recruited district judges holding a postgraduate degree in law, and fixed the benefit to run from the stated date.
What this means for you
A focused service-law clarification: directly recruited district judges with a postgraduate law degree are entitled to three advance increments from the date fixed by the Court. We advise on service-law and pay-fixation disputes for public servants.