IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 210 CWP-16123-2017 Date of decision: 07.07.2025 JAIPAL JANGRA ......Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA & OTHERS .......Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ ***** Present: - Dr. S.K. Bhar, Advocate for Mr. Johan Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rahul Dev, Addl. A.G. Haryana. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) Challenge in the present writ petition is to the impugned order bearing No. 440-44 dated 28.01.2017 whereby claim of the petitioner for grant of 3rd ACP Scale and the order bearing No. 435-39 dated 28.01.2017 whereby the claim of the petitioner for grant of 2nd ACP was declined on account of failure on the part of the petitioner to clear the departmental examination. Learned Counsel has placed reliance on the judgment dated 05.03.2025 passed in LPA No. 1865 of 2015 titled as “State of Haryana and others versus Parmanand and others” as well as the judgment of the VISHAL SHARMA 2025.07.10 12:33 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CWP-16123-2017 -2- Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter of “Amresh Kumar Sinha and others versus State of Bihar and others” reported as 2023 SCC Online SC 496. Counsel for the respondent-State is not in a position to controvert the applicability of the Division Bench Judgment of this Court in LPA No. 1865 of 2015 decided on 05.03.2025 whereby the officials have been held entitled to the release of 2nd and 3rd ACP and the action of the respondents in denial of such benefits on account of failure to clear the departmental exam has been rejected. In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to ascertain the claim of the petitioner in terms of the judgment dated 05.03.2025 passed in LPA No. 1865 of 2015 titled as State of Haryana and others versus Parmanand and others (supra) within a period of four months of receipt of certified copy of this order. In case the claim of petitioner is established as per law, necessary financial benefits be released to him within a further period of two months. (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) JULY 07, 2025 JUDGE Vishal Sharma Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether Reportable : Yes/No VISHAL SHARMA 2025.07.10 12:33 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document