1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cont. Case (Civil) No.865 of 2024 ------ 1. Bageshwar Pathak 2. Shailendra Kumar 3. Nagarjeet Yadav 4. Arun Prasad … … Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. Sri Ajay Kumar Singh, Secretary, Rural Development Department, Project Building, Dhurwa, Ranchi. 3. Sri Sunil Kumar, Secretary, Road Construction Department, Project Building, Dhurwa, Ranchi. 4. Sri Priya Ranjan Pandey, Executive Engineer, Planning and Investigation Division, Road Construction Department, Nirupan Bhawan, 3rd Floor, P.O. Ranchi, GPO, P.S. Kotwali, District Ranchi. … … Opp. Parties ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. A.K. Sahani, Advocate Mr. Ajit Kumar, Advocate For the O.P.(s) : Mr. Devesh Krishna, SC (Mines)-III Mr. Ashish Kumar, AC to SC (Mines)III ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ 05 /28.03.2025 The Secretary, Road Construction Department, has already informed the Executive Engineer that the petitioners are not entitled to get the benefit of ACP in the scale which they are claiming, though they are entitled for the ACP and which was being granted to him. 2. Since the opposite party has taken a decision and it has been communicated vide Annexure-A to the show cause, this contempt proceeding is dropped. 3. However, if the petitioners are aggrieved by the order of the opposite party, it will be open to them to challenge the same before an appropriate Forum. (ANANDA SEN, J.) Prashant.Cp-2