ORDER :

1. Benefit of Assured Career Progression Scheme 9.8.2012 made available to the petitioner from the year 2012 vide order dated 30.7.2014 was withdrawn on 6.10.2017 and recovery of excess payment was ordered. The order dated 6.10.2017 has been impugned herein.

2. Case of the petitioner is that he was promoted as Principal on 19.04.2008. On completion of four years of service, his case fell due for grant of benefit under the Assured Career Progression Scheme (In short ACPS) w.e.f. 19.04.2012. Due to fault at the level of the respondents-department, ACP was not granted to the petitioner immediately on completion of four years of service. The same, however, was allowed to him and severalothers vide office order dated 30.07.2014. The pay of the petitioner and the other officers mentioned in this office order was fixed on notional basis up-to 08.08.2012 and on actual basis w.e.f. 09.08.2012. On 6.10.2017, respondents issued an office order (Annexure A/2) withdrawing the ACP benefit earlier allowed to the petitioner & also ordered to recover the excess payment made to him. In the aforesaid circumstances, the petitioner has preferred the present petition, seeking quashing of the ord