IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(S) No. 962 of 2015

1.Sapan Kumar Bera, S/o Sri Vrindavan Bera, R/o Village Khanna Moda, PO & PS- Barsole, District- East Singhbhum.

2. Shankar Prasad Rajak, S/o Sri Sukhlal Rajak, R/o Village Malbata, P.O.

Agrico, P.S. Sitaram Dera, District- East Singhbhum

3.Ajay Kumar Singh, S/o Sri Ram Ishwar Singh, R/o Village Chamandi, P.O. Pondil, PS. Kurtha, District-Jahanabad

4.Binod Kumar Mishra, s/o Sri Rash Bihari Mishra, R/o Village+PO Bhiya, P.S Brahmpur, District- Bhojpur

5. Naresh Prasad Halwai, S/o Sri Jagdish Prasad, R/o Village Patna City, P.O. Begampur. P.S. Citi Chowk, District- Patna.

6.Ram Naresh Thakur, S/o Sri Ramayan Thakur, R/o Village + PO Basdhila, P.S.+ District- Gopalganj.

7. Awadh Kishore Giri, S/o Sri Somit Giri, R/o Village Jardaha, PO.

Padamkar, P.S. Patahi, District-Motihari.

8 Harender Singh, S/o Late Ishwar Singh, R/o Village Kudia, PO Kaithewa.

P.S. Tharuganj, District- Muzzaffarpur

9. Naresh Thakur, S/o Late Dukhi Thakur, R/o Village Sarhu, PO Jhaigada, P.S. Sapla District- Palamu

10. Jagannath Sona, S/o Sri Nagina Sona, R/o Village Dhatkih Dih, Harizan Basti, P.O. & P.S. Bistupur, Jamshedpur District-East Singhbhum.

... … Petitioner(s)

Versus

1.The State of Jharkhand through the Secretary, Home Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, office at Project Bhawan, HEC Township. PO & PS Dhurwa, Dist Ranchi

2.The Director General of Police, Govt. of Jharkhand, Police Headquarter, H.E.C. Township, PO & PS Dhurwa, Dist. Ranchi

3. The Inspector General of Police (Personnel), Govt. of Jharkhand, Police Headquarter, H.E.C. Township, PO & PS Dhurwa, Dist Ranchi.

4. The Deputy Inspector General of Police (Personnel), Govt of Jharkhand, Police Headquarter, H.E.C. Township, P.O. & P.S. Dhurwa, Dist-Ranchi

5.The Superintendent of Police-cum-Principal, Traffic Training School, Jamshedpur, Govt. of Jharkhand, PO & PS Burmamines, Dist East Singhbhum

6.The Superintendent of Police, J.A.P.T.C., Padma, Hazaribagh. Govt. of Jharkhand, PO & PS Padma, Dist Hazaribagh. ... … Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Pathak, Advocate For the Respondent(s) : Mr. Navneet Toppo, AC to GP-I --------

Order No. 10 /Dated: 08^th January 2026 The instant writ application has been preferred by the petitioners for the following reliefs:

“(i) For commanding upon the respondents to provide the benefits of ACP and others consequential increments while counting their length of service from the date of their entry in the respondent department considering the fact that similarly situated several other employees posted at J.A.P.T.C., Padma, Hazaribagh have been allowed and granted the benefit of ACP while calculating their length of service from the date of their entry in the service.

(ii) For showing the respondents cause as to why and under what circumstances the similarly situated other employees have been granted the benefits of ACP whereas the same benefit has not been provided to the petitioners inspite of several requests and reminders as well as recommendation by the competent authority.

And/Or The Petitioners further pray for passing of such other order/orders as Your Lordships may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice.”

2. The brief facts of the case as per the pleadings are that the petitioners were given temporary appointment at Traffic Training School (TTS) Jamshedpur as Cook, Jalwahak, Helper etc. and similarly a group of persons were appointed at Police Training Centre Padma, Hazaribagh during the same period. A group of persons among 238 employees moved before the Patna High for regularization of their service in CWJC No. 7810 of 1988 and CWJC No. 5485 of 1989. Thereafter all the 238 temporary employees including the petitioners were regularized vide District Order No. 398 of 1996 with effect from 29.08.1996.

3. Further, as per the ACP scheme, similarly situated persons posted at J.A.P.T.C Padma, Hazaribagh were granted the benefits of ACP vide order dated 09