CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH: NEW DELHI O.A. No. 4409/2014 This the 6^th day of February, 2026 Hon’ble Dr. Chhabilendra Roul, Member (A)

Hon’ble Mr. Rajveer Singh Verma, Member (J)

Prakash Chandra Tripathi, Aged about 59 years, Working As Assistant Director (H) S/o Late Sh. Bhola Dutt Tripathi, R/o Dunga Dhara Road, Almora-263607 ... Applicant (By Advocate : Mr. M. K. Bhardwaj)

Versus Union of India through, 1. The Secretary, Ministry of Textiles Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi.

2. The Development Commissioner (Handicraft)

West Block-7, RK Puram, New Delhi …Respondents (By Advocate: Mr. R.K. Jain)

ORDER (ORAL)

By Hon’ble Dr. Chhabilendra Roul, Member (A):-

1.1 The factual matrix of the case is that the applicant joined the service of the respondents as a Technical Assistant on 28.08.1978. The respondents’ organization introduced the Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme in the year 1999. Under the said scheme, Government of India employees are entitled to the first and second financial upgradations on completion of 12 and 24 years of regular service, respectively, if they have not been promoted during the said period. The present applicant completed 12 years of service in the