While holding so, the Supreme Court has also
referred to its earlier decision in the State of Tripura v. K.K.Roy, (2004)
9 SCC 65, wherein non-implementation of ACPS by the State
Government was not appreciated because the post of incumbent did
not provide any avenue of promotion. In that case, the Supreme Court
even directed the State Government to grant the incumbent of a post,
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one higher scale of pay on completion of 12 years and another upon
completion of 24 years.