ORDER

Hon’ble Mr. Manish Garg, Member (J) :

In the present OA filed under Section – 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, the applicant has prayed for the following reliefs:

“(a) To set aside the impugned order dated 17.02.2017 of Assistant Director (P) as illegal in view of above.

(b) To direct the Respondent to grant 1st ACP from 09.08.1999 and re-structure and re-fix the subsequent ACP/MACPS effective from their due dates in sequel thereafter with all consequential benefits/arrears.

(c) To pass any order/directive/relief as this Hon'ble Tribunal may consider at its discretion just and proper.”

2. Highlighting the facts of the case, learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant, who joined the respondent's services on 06.01.1983, has approached this Tribunal, aggrieved by the arbitrary, perverse, and un- reasoned impugned order dated 17.02.2017. The said impugned order denied him the First Assured Career Progression (ACP) from 09.08.1999 and subsequent MACPs, despite being entitled to the same.

2.1. Learned counsel for the applicant further submitted that a minor penalty was imposed upon the applicant in the year, 2000, which was initially without cumulative eff