IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3161 of 2009 NAZIMUDDIN, S/o Late Ghulam Moiuddin, resident of village – Chatarghat, P.S. – Chandanti, District – Gaya, presently posted as Junior Engineer, Minor, Irrigation Division, Nawadah. …….. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Secretary, Minor Water Resources Department, Patna. 4. The Deputy Secretary, Minor Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5. The Under Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 6. The Superintending Engineer, Minor Irrigation Circle, Gaya. 7. The Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division, Nawadah. …….. Respondents. For the Petitioner : - Md. Nadim Seraj, Advocate For the Respondents : - Dr. Md.Raisul Haque, G.P.S. Sri Binay Kumar, Asstt. Counsel. ----------- 2. 16.3.2009 Petitioner has approached the High Court because the concerned authority would not consider his claim for grant of First and Second benefit of ACP, which according to him is due, first in the year, 1999 and thereafter in the year, 2003. Submission of the petitioner is that many a persons junior to the petitioner have been given this benefit, but despite there being no impediment as such when it came down to final grant of the benefit the petitioner has been denied without any basis virtually. In this regard petitioner has also approached the respondent authorities by filing an application before the Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, which is evident from - 2 - Annexure -4 to the writ application. Keeping the ambit of the prayer and the submission made on behalf of the petitioner, the court is of the opinion that the matter of grant of the benefit of ACP to be decided by the department concerned and a decision be taken in this regard on due priority. The writ application stands disposed of with a direction to the Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar that he shall get the matter enquired into and after due verification of the service record of the petitioner appropriate decision be communicated to the petitioner within a period of four months from the date of communication/ production of a copy of this order. DKS/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)