Commissioner Of Police vs Hira Lal - 2026 Supreme(Del) 182

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2026 Supreme(Del) 182

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
ANIL KSHETARPAL, AMIT MAHAJAN
Commissioner Of Police – Appellant
Versus
Hira Lal – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Ms. Pratima N Lakra, CGSC with Mr. Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Adv. with Mr. Ashok Kumar Sharma. Delhi Police.
For the Respondent: Mr. Padma Kumar S., Mr. Gurpreet Singh, Advs.

Table of Content
1. appointment history and pay fixation requirements (Para 1 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. respondent's eligibility for acp/macp benefits (Para 10 , 11 , 12)
3. petitioners' argument against counting past service for benefits (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18)
4. court's analysis of entitlement to past service recognition (Para 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 25 , 27)
5. conclusion on entitlement to macp benefits (Para 24 , 26)
6. final order: dismissal of writ petition and directives (Para 28 , 29)

JUDGMENT :

AMIT MAHAJAN, J.

1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, assailing the order dated 11.02.2020 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No. 2240/2014, whereby the learned Tribunal directed the Petitioners to re-determine, by a speaking order, the pay of the Respondent/Sh. Hira Lal as well as his entitlement to benefits under the Assured Career Progression (‘ACP’)/ Modified Assured Career Progression (‘MACP’) Schemes by adding the service rendered by him in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting from 16.06.1989 to 31.07.1991, if not already done.

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