C.W.P.No. 18811 of 2009. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P.No. 18811 of 2009. DECIDED ON : 08.12.2009. Sonu Raja and others. Petitioners. VERSUS State of Haryana and others. Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr.Ashwani Verma, Advocate, for the petitioners. PERMOD KOHLI,J. Notice of motion. Mr. Ravi Dutt Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. The petitioners were initially appointed as Octroi Clerks in Municipal Committees in the State of Haryana, on 14.3.1995, 1.2.1994 and 23.3.1995 respectively. In the year 1999, State of Haryana took a C.W.P.No. 18811 of 2009. 2 policy decision and abolished the Octrol in the State of Haryana w.e.f. 1.11.1999. All the surplus employees of the Municipalities were to be absorbed in Government Departments/ Board/Corporations under the control of the State of Haryana. The petitioners who were declared surplus staff of the Municipal Committees were absorbed in the office of Registrar Co-0perative Societies Haryana, by way of transfer on the post of Sub Inspectors (Group- C) in the pay scale of Rs.3050-75-3950-EB-80-4590. Since then the petitioners are working as the employees of the State of Haryana. In the year 1998, the Government of Haryana issued 'Assured Career Progression Rules, 1998' and revised the said rules in the year 2008. Under the aforesaid Rules, the benefit of upgradation was to be granted after completed 10 years of satisfactory service subject to the condition stipulated in the aforesaid Rules. The petitioners claim that they have rendered the minimum requisite service by counting their service rendered in Municipal Committees as well. The grievance of the petitioners is that they are not being considered for grant of ACP benefit by taking into account the service rendered by them in Municipalities prior to their absorption in Co- C.W.P.No. 18811 of 2009. 3 operation Department, They rely upon a judgment of this Court dated 3.3.2005 rendered in C.W.P.No. 12952 of 2003 titled as Deepak Sood etc. Vs. The State of Haryana and others. An SLP filed against the aforesaid judgment also stands dismissed. In view of the above, the petitioners are entitled to the benefit of ACP by taking into consideration service rendered by them in the Muncipal committees in view of the judgment passed in C.W.P.No.12952 of 2003 which was upheld by Hon'ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.14099 of 2006 titled as State of Haryana & others Vs. Deepak Sood & others. Let the benefit be given to the petitioners in the light of the aforesaid judgment within a period of three months from the date a certified copy of this order is received by the respondents. 08.12.2009. (PERMOD KOHLI ) Anoop JUDGE