When the Government employee
has no prospect of any promotion, for financial upgradation at first
Government introduced Time Bound Advancement Scheme (in short TBA).
Later ... Government
introduced Revised Assured Career Progression (RACP) Scheme for
financial upgradation for 10, 20 and 30 years of service instead of earlier
envisages merely placement in the higher pay-
scale/grant of financial benefits (through financial upgradation) only to
the Government servant concerned on personal basis ... envisages merely placement in the higher pay-scale/grant of
financial benefits (through financial upgradation) only to the Government servant
concerned on personal basis
Whether under the MACP Scheme the respondents are
entitled to financial upgradation equivalent to the pay
1 For short, the ‘MACP Scheme’.
Civil Appeal ... Central Armed
Police Forces, are entitled to grant of financial upgradation
under the MACP Scheme, if for administrative reasons they
were unable to fulfil
which, inter alia, provides
for benefit of second financial upgradation on completion of 24 years of
regular service to such Central Government civilian employees ... envisages merely placement in the higher pay-scale /
grant of financial benefits (through financial upgradation) only to the
Government servant concerned on personal basis
RAVINDRA BHAT, J.
1. Complaining of unjustified denial of third financial upgradation
under the Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (hereafter called
"MACPS ... action impugned is the denial of their claim for a third financial
upgradation. The petitioners challenge an order of the Screening
Committee of the High
whether
the non-functional upgradation can be treated as promotion or
financial upgradation for the purpose of Modified Assured Career
Progression Scheme (MACPS ... financial upgradation was made available in the next higher grade
pay whenever an employee had completed 12 years continuous
service in the same grade. With
letter/instructions dated 13.5.2010
(Annexure-P-5) regarding clarification of financial upgradation in the case
of ACP matters in the State of Haryana, whereas ... regular satisfactory service for
those employees, who have not got any financial upgradation in these 10
years. Rules 18 of the said ACP Rules
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the grant of the 3rd Financial Upgradation under the Modified Assured
Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) issued by the Department ... grade pay of `6600/- in Pay Band-3 as
their third financial upgradation on completion of 30 years under the said
MACPS. According
petitioners are seeking the second financial upgradation under
the Assured Career Progression Scheme (ACP) on having completed 24
years of regular service. They are claiming ... financial upgradation to the pay
scale of `5000-8000 under the said ACP scheme on 09.08.1999.
3. The only point of contention is whether
completion of 16 years of service he was provided with one financial upgradation under the Time Bound One Promotion (TBOP, for short) Scheme then ... already got three financial upgradatins/promotions, i.e., first promotion from Class IV post as Postal Assistant, second as TBOP financial upgradation
