Civil Writ Petition No. 14978 of 2009 ***** Gulab Singh versus State of Haryana Present: Mr. S.S. Godara, Advocate for Mr. D.S. Rawat, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr.DAG, Haryana for the State. ***** This order will dispose of Civil Writ Petition Nos. 14978, 15290 and 15248 of 2009. The facts are being taken from Civil Writ Petition No. 14978 of 2009. The petitioner joined the respondent-department as Junior Engineer and subsequently was promoted as Sub Divisional Engineer on 31.12.1978. He has filed this writ petition seeking direction to the respondent to grant 2nd ACP scale of Rs. 12000- 16500 on the basis that he has rendered 11 years of regular satisfactory service. The relief is claimed w.e.f. 01.01.1996 from the date his juniors have been granted the same relief. Notice of motion was issued. Reply has been filed. In the reply, it is stated that benefit of ACP scale has been considered according to the Government instructions dated 02.06.2008 and the benefit of 1st ACP scale of Rs. 1000-13900 w.e.f. .01.01.1996 and 2nd ACP scale of Rs. 12000-16500 w.e.f. 01.04.1996 has been granted to the petitioner, which is at par with his junior, Sh. Sanjeev Garg (seniority No. 417). This order has been passed vide letter No. 618- 719/3EEE-II/2010 dated 01.02.2010. Copy of this letter is annexed with the reply as Annexure R-3. Civil Writ Petition No. 14978 of 2009 -2- In view of the written statement filed, the relief prays for in the writ petition stands granted. The writ petitions are, therefore, rendered infructuous and are disposed of as such. July 28, 2010 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE