V.K. GAUR Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner has filed the instant petition by making following prayers:-

(2.) The petitioner has pleaded in his petition that the respondent-State acted in arbitrary manner in denying legal right of the petitioner to be considered for promotion to Indian Police Service (IPS) in spite of order passed by the Division Bench in its judgment dated 05.10.2010 in D.B. Special Appeal (Writ) No. 352/2005 [V.K. Gaur v. State of Rajasthan and Anr.] whereby penalty order passed against the petitioner was set aside and all consequential benefits were given. The petitioner has also raised grievance challenging the action of the State Government of giving promotion to the junior officers while considering the petitioner's promotion to IPS.

(3.) The facts, in nutshell pleaded in the writ petition, are that the petitioner was appointed to Rajasthan Police Service (RPS) junior scale by direct recruitment, in the selection process held by RPSC in the year 1982. The petitioner has pleaded that final seniority list was issued by the State Government on 19.12.2005 showing position of seniority of RPS officers in the super-time scale, selection scale and senior scale and the petitioner is said to be assigned seniority at S. No. 68 in the senior scale against the year 1996-97.