JUDGMENT :

Ranjan Sharma, J.

Notice. Mr. Vishal Panwar, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents.

2. The petitioner has filed the instant writ petition with the following prayers:-

“(i) That the writ in the nature of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or directions may kindly be issued, quashing the Impugned action of the respondents, whereby she has been denied the benefit of ACPS on completion of 14 years’ service in the cadre of JBT, being illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory, and unconstitutional and against the settled law of service jurisprudence.

(ii) That the writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or directions may kindly be issued, directing the Respondents to grant financial enhancement/ up gradation under the new ACPS on the completion of 14 years of service w.e.f. 09.03.2014 with all consequential benefits in terms of the Notification dated 09.08.2012.”

3. Case of the petitioner is that she was appointed as Junior Basic Teacher (JBT) on ad-hoc basis and she joined as such on 09.03.1990. After having granted special certificate, the petitioner was regularized as JBT with effec