JUDGMENT :

1. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing part of the order as contained in memo no.751/T.S. dated 2nd August 2019 (Sl. No.5), so far as the same relates to the petitioner, passed by the Inspector General of Police (Provision), Jharkhand, Ranchi- respondent no.5, whereby the petitioner has been denied the benefits of 2nd and 3rd MACP on the ground that he has passed “Hindi Reading and Writing Examination” on 23rd March, 2016 and, therefore, he would be entitled for grant of 1st MACP from the date of passing of the aforesaid examination and thereby he goes out from the zone of consideration for 2nd and 3rd MACP. The petitioner has also prayed for declaration that he has rightly been granted the benefit of 2nd MACP and, therefore, no recovery can be made from his retiral benefits.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was appointed on the post of Constable on 22.06.1981 and he retired from service on 31.07.2021. It is submitted that the petitioner was granted 1st ACP in the year 1999 and 2nd ACP in the year 2005. It is further submitted that the petitioner was entitled to the benefit of 3rd MACP in the year 2011 after completion of