JUDGMENT :

Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.

The instant intra-court appeal preferred under Clause-10 of Letters Patent is directed against the order/judgment dated 07.10.2021 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P.(S) No.4933 of 2014, whereby and whereunder, the order dated 05.12.2013 passed by the respondent no.2, by which, the writ petitioner’s claim for grant of 2nd ACP in the scale of Rs.14,300-18,300/- was rejected, has been refused to be interfered with by dismissing the writ petition.

2. The brief facts of the case which are required to be enumerated reads as under :

The writ petitioner was appointed as Assistant Registrar on 11.08.1978 and retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation w.e.f. 01.03.2008 from the post of Deputy Registrar. The writ petitioner claimed that he has completed 12 years of service on 11.08.1990 and 24 years of service on 11.08.2002 and as such, he became entitled for 1st upgradation in pay scale under the Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme w.e.f. 09.08.1999 in the scale of Rs.12,000-16,500/-and 2nd ACP w.e.f. 11.08.2002 in the next higher scale of Rs.14,300-18,300/-.

It is the case of the writ petitioner that he has moved befo