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Increment, an increment is in the same scale while a promotion is from one scale to a higher scale. A promotion from a lower grade to a higher grade, though both the grades may be in the same cadre, is not an increment or increment by way of special promotion, State Bank of India v. Presiding Officer, AIR 1972 SC 2189 (2194): (1972) 3 SCC 595.