[2025:RJ-JP:45638] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 20036/2018 Champat Ram S/o Shri Ram Lal, Aged About 51 Years, R/o Kumharawada, Modi Line, Sirohi. ----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through The Director, State Insurance And G.P.F. Department, Rajasthan, Jaipur ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Prahlad Singh For Respondent(s) : Mr. Dheeraj Tripathi HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GANESH RAM MEENA Order 13/11/2025 1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer to issue direction to the respondent to grant 3rd ACP on completion of 27 years of service. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the controversy raised in the present writ petition has been settled by the Co-ordinate Bench at Principal Seat Jodhpur in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.369/2018 (Jawad Ahmed Usmani Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.) alongwith other connected matters decided on 26.07.2024. 3. In case of Jawad Ahmed Usmani (supra), the Co-ordinate Bench at Principal Seat Jodhpur has ordered as under:- “9. In view of the discussion made hereinabove, the writ petition deserves to be and is hereby allowed. The respondents are directed to grant the benefit of third Selection Grade to the petitioners counting their services from the date of their initial appointment and not from the date of their regular [2025:RJ-JP:45638] (2 of 2) [CW-20036/2018] appointment. The petitioners shall also be entitled for interest on the arrears amount at the rate 9% per annum from the date it became due.” 4. In view of the submissions made by counsel for the petitioner and the admission of the counsel for the respondents that the case of the petitioner is squarely covered by the decision passed in the case of Jawad Ahmed Usmani (supra), the present writ petition also stands allowed. The respondents are directed to grant 3rd Selection Grade to the petitioner counting his services from the date of his initial appointment and not from the date of his regular appointment. The petitioner shall also be entitled for interest on the arrears amount @9% per annum from the date it became due. 5. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed of. (GANESH RAM MEENA),J Ashish Kumar /8