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1. On 1st March, 1968, the petitioner was appointed as librarian in the Rashtriya Virjanand Andh Kanya Senior Secondary School (hereinafter referred to as "the School"). The School is, admittedly, aided. She continued working in the School till her superannuation on 28th February, 2010.

2. During the service of the petitioner in the school, the Assured Career Progression Scheme (hereinafter referred to as "ACP Scheme) was introduced by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) vide Office Order dated 9th August, 1999. Further, vide Office Order dated 19th May, 2009, the Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (hereinafter referred to as "MACP Scheme") was introduced, in supersession of the then existing ACP Scheme.

4. Vide Circular dated 16th February, 2010, issued by the DoPT, it was clarified that the benefits of the MACP Scheme would be available to employees of aided schools as well.

5. It was as librarian that the petitioner entered the doors of the School in 1968, and as librarian that she left its portals on superannuation, in 2010. The grievance of the petitioner is that, despite her not having secured a single promotion in her entire career, she was illegally denied the benefits of the ACP and the MACP Schemes, to which she was lawfully entitled.

8. The petitioner is also aggrieved by the fact that her pension and other reitral dues, which were due to her on superannuation, were also released to her only seven months thereafter, on 16th November, 2010. Other reitral dues, such as, provident fund, gratuity and commuted pension, were also released to her belatedly.

9. Insofar as the MACP Scheme is concerned, the case of the petitioner is that, though she was entitled to the benefit thereof, no benefits under the MACP Scheme were ever made available to her.

23. Insofar as the MACP Scheme is concerned, non-grant of benefits to the petitioner, thereunder, is sought to be justified on the ground that the school had graded the petitioner "average" whereas MACP could be granted only once she was graded "good". It is sought to be further submitted that the school submitted the file of the petitioner with such observations "only recently (a month back) and accordingly the file is under process".

24. Despite this assertion, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, till date, no benefits have been granted to the petitioner under the MACP Scheme.