following the training, the petitioner was given appointment as Grade-I WPC. Thereafter, the Chief Office in RC No.1811676/NGBIII(2)/82 dated 21.10.1982, ordered that all woman police constables working as Grade-II WPC be upgraded as Grade-I WPC from the date of their appointment in the scale of pay of Rs.325-10-445-15-550. By virtue of the said order, she was appointed as Grade-I WPC right from the inception. Even though the petitioner was appointed as Grade-II Police Constable and subsequently upgraded as Grade-I Police Constable, there are no service rules for promotion to the post of Head Constable from the post of Grade-I Police Constable. In the absence of any rules and regulations, the petitioner was upgraded as Head Constable after a lapse of 15 years and again as Sub Inspector of Police in the year 2004. There are no rules available for Woman Head Constables to participate in the range promotion board for preparation of 'C' list of Head Constables fit for promotion as Sub Inspector of Police. When the rules applicable to men viz., 4 years of eligibility was neither considered by the department nor followed for some time, during the year 1997, the rule was amended to the effect that instead of 4 years of minimum service for promotion to the post of Sub Inspector, the same was revised to 8 years. Hence, there was no range promotion board conducted from 1994-2004. Again, by way of amendment, the original rule of 4 years was restored in the year 2003. By that time, direct recruitment of WSI was made in the year 2004 and assumed office on 15.9.2004, thereby the petitioner's seniority was pushed down to 12.10.2004 viz., the date of appointment. Hence, there was total discrimination and arbitrariness in the case of Women Police Constables recruited in the year 1981. The up-gradation policy of 5 years as GradeI Police Constables to become Head Constables has not been followed in the case of the petitioner. Had an uniform policy been followed, the petitioner would have become Sub Inspector of Police in the year 1996 and further promoted as Inspector of Police in the year 2007. Therefore, narrating all the details, the petitioner made a representation to the respondents on 25.2.2016. Since the same was not considered so far, left with no other alternative, the petitioner has come up with the present writ petition for the relief set out earlier.
