IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.17812 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision : 20.11.2009. Ram Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Ashok Kaushik, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Deepak Girotra, A.A.G., Haryana, for the State. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Mr.Deepak Girotra, learned Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of the order which I propose to pass, there is no necessity to seek any reply on behalf of the respondents at this stage. The petitioner is a driver serving in the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of Haryana. His case is that in terms of the Government Instructions/Policy, he was entitled to be granted the first Assured Career Progression (ACP) Pay Scale w.e.f. 1.1.1996 followed by second ACP w.e.f. 31.3.1999. The Director General, Animal C.W.P. No.17812 of 2009 (O&M) 2 Husbandary & Dairying, Haryana, Panchkula, has already passed orders dated 1.11.2008 (Annexure P-2) and 27.2.2009 (Annexure P-3), granting the afore-stated first and second ACP pay scales to the petitioner w.e.f. 1.1.1996 and 1.4.1999 respectively. The petitioner's grievance is that despite the aforesaid orders, the arrears of the ACP scales from the due dates have not been paid to him so far. He has already represented to the Authorities on 23.8.2009 (Annexure P-3), but no heed has been paid to his request. Having heard learned counsel for the parties at some length, I am of the considered view that once the first and second Assured Career Progression (ACP) pay scales have been granted to the petitioner by the Director General, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Haryana, it is imperative upon the authorities to release the consequential benefits to the petitioner unless there is some legal embargo. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction that the claim of the petitioner for the consequential arrears be considered and decided within a period of one month from today and, if accepted, the arrears alongwith interest as is admissible under the Government Instructions, be released within one month thereafter. Disposed of. Dasti. 20-11-2009 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE