Hi
For me it is working.
I tried like this
web.xml
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Init</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/anil/initJsp.jsp</jsp-file>
<init-param>
<param-name>name</param-name>
<param-value>anil kumar</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Init</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/first.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
JspFile
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JSP Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>JSP Page</h1>
<%
String s=config.getInitParameter("name");
%>
<%=s%>
</body>
</html>
Url:http://localhost:8084/Checking/first.do
Thanks
Anil Kumar