IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANJEEV SACHDEVA, CHIEF JUSTICE &

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VINAY SARAF

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ON THE 9 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 WRIT APPEAL No. 3284 of 2025 M P POORVA KSHETRA VIDYUT VITARAN CO LTD Versus NARENDRA JIT SINGH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Aditya Khandekar - Advocate for the appellant.

Shri Narindra Jit Singh - Advocate for the respondent/caveat.

Shri Anubhav Jain - Government Advocate for the respondent/State.

ORDER Per: Hon'ble Shri Justice Vinay Saraf.

1. The instant intra court appeal has been preferred by the appellant being aggrieved by the order dated 21.08.2025 passed by learned Single Judge in Writ Petition No.20383/2016, whereby the writ petition preferred by respondent No.1 was allowed with a direction to the appellant to extend the benefit of third ACP on completion of 30 years of service, from the date of initial appointment. 2. Heard with the consent of parties for the purpose of final disposal.

3. Brief facts of the case are that, respondent No.1 was initially appointed as English Stenographer by the order dated 31.03.1984 on probation for a period of one year and after completing the probation period successfully, he w