1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.5835/1996 Shiv Dayal Sharma vs. State & Ors. Date of order : 6/4/2010. HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Shri Ashok Kumar Bhargava for the petitioner. Shri Ganesh Meena, Government Counsel for the respondents. ****** Controversy raised in this writ petition is squarely covered by judgement of this Court in Satya Prakash vs. State & Ors., S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.726/1986 decided on 11.10.1996, wherein the petitioner who was Laboratory Assistant, was on completing the B.Ed., granted advanced grade increments on interpretation of the relevant rules. Shri Ganesh Meena, learned Government Counsel although sought to dispute the applicability of the aforesaid judgement to the present case and argued that writ petition be dismissed on the ground of delay, but I am of the considered view that the controversy raised in the present case is exactly the same, that was decided by the aforesaid judgement. The writ petition is therefore allowed 2 in the light of the aforesaid judgement. The impugned letters dated 27.9.1995 and 23.11.1995 are quashed and set aside. The respondents are directed to grant to petitioner benefit of three advanced grade increments with effect from the date, he acquired the B.Ed. qualification in the year 1970, pursuant to the government order dated 27.10.1971 with all the consequential benefits. So far as the question of delay is concerned, petition cannot be dismissed on that account fourteen years after its admission. However, petitioner for that reason can be denied benefit of interest. Compliance of the judgement be made within a period of three months from the date its copy is produced before the respondents. (MOHAMMAD RAFIQ), J. RS/