Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

Writ Petition (Civil), 183 of 2013, Judgment Date: Apr 24, 2017

                 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                 CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

                 WRIT PETITION(C) NO.183/2013

Manish Kumar                                                   ..Petitioner
                             versus

Union of India and others                                     ..Respondents





                            O R D E R


State of Uttar Pradesh

1.          11,376 vacant posts  of  Sub-Inspector  of  Police,  are  to  be
filled up by way of  direct  recruitment.   Mr.  Debasish  Panda,  Principal
Secretary (Home), Government of Uttar Pradesh, who is present  in  Court  in
person, affirms, that 3200  vacancies  of  the  posts  of  Sub-Inspector  of
Police, will be filled up each year over  four  years  commencing  from  the
year 2018.  The advertisement notifying  the  vacancies  for  2018  will  be
issued in the month of January, 2018, the result of  the  selection  process
will be declared in October, 2018, the training of the  selected  candidates
will commence in February, 2019, and will conclude in  January,  2020.   The
schedule for the next three years, we are assured, will remain the same,  as
for the year 2018.
2.          Insofar as the posts of  Constables  of  Police  are  concerned,
which are also to be filled up by  direct  recruitment,  it  was  submitted,
that 30000 Constables will be  recruited  annually  for  four  years,  i.e.,
during the years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.  The annual process  of  issuing
the advertisement, notifying the  vacancies  will  be  published  in  August
every year.  The results thereof will be declared in June of  the  following
year. For each process of selection, training will commence in the month  of
October in the year of the declaration  of  the  result,  and  the  training
process will conclude in the month of September of the next following year.
3.          We hereby approve  the  recruitment  process  for  selection  of
direct recruits, at the level of Sub-Inspector of Police, as also,  that  of
Constables of Police.
4.          We also further direct, that promotions  to  the  various  ranks
shall be made from time to time as may be feasible, depending on  the  cadre
strength.
5.          Mr. Debasish Panda, Principal Secretary  (Home),  Government  of
Uttar Pradesh, who is present in Court in  person,  shall  ensure  that  the
selection, recruitment and training is conducted  in  the  manner  indicated
hereinabove (which is truly the proposal submitted by the  State  Government
itself).  For ensuring that  the  submission  made  to  this  Court  is  not
breached, we direct the Principal  Secretary  (Home),  Government  of  Uttar
Pradesh  to  ensure,  that  the  Chairman  of  the  Police  Recruitment  and
Selection Board shall not be changed  midstream,  i.e.,  during  the  period
intervening the issuance of the advertisement  notification(for  filling  up
the vacancies  of  different  cadres)  till  the  process  of  selection  is
completed.
6.          In case of breach of the time lines indicated  hereinabove,  the
officer mentioned hereinabove, shall be personally responsible.

State of Karnataka
1.           The  following  vacancies  are  available  in  the   State   of
Karnataka.   These  vacancies  are  to  be  filled  up,  by  way  of  direct
recruitment:
                            Police Sub-Inspectors

|Sl.  |Cadre      |2016-17   |2017-18   |2018-19    |Total        |
|No.  |           |          |          |           |             |
|1    |PSI (CIVIL)|165       |164       |164        |493          |
|     |RSI        |39        |38        |38         |115          |
|2    |(CAR/DAR)  |          |          |           |             |
|3    |SPL. RSI   |28        |28        |28         |84           |
|     |(KSRP)     |          |          |           |             |
|4    |PSI (FPB)  |5         |5         |5          |15           |
|5    |PSI        |9         |9         |8          |26           |
|     |(WIRELESS) |          |          |           |             |
|6    |PSI (KSISF)|18        |17        |17         |52           |
|7    |PSI (CID)  |12        |12        |12         |36           |
|8    |PSI (INT)  |41        |40        |40         |121          |
|TOTAL             |317       |313       |312        |942          |


                              Police Constables

|Sl.  |Cadre      |2016-17   |2017-18   |2018-19    |Total        |
|No.  |           |          |          |           |             |
|1    |PC         |2112      |2111      |2111       |6334         |
|2    |APC        |688       |688       |688        |2064         |
|     |(CAR/DAR)  |          |          |           |             |
|3    |PC (FPB)   |3         |3         |2          |8            |
|4    |RPC (KSRP) |849       |849       |849        |2547         |
|5    |PC (KSISF) |396       |395       |395        |1186         |
|TOTAL             |4048      |4046      |4045       |12139        |


2.          In the Road Map for filling up the  vacancies  during  the  year
2016-17, we are informed  by  Shri  Raghavendra  Auradkar,  IPS,  Additional
Director General of Police (Recruitment), Government of Karnataka, that  the
following process of selection is on-going:

                            Police Sub-Inspectors

|Sl  |Post           |Number of  |Present Status                    |
|No: |               |Vacancies  |                                  |
|    |               |Notified   |                                  |
|1   |Police         |418        |Provisional Select List has been  |
|    |Sub-Inspector  |           |published and process of document |
|    |(Civil)        |           |verification is in progress.      |
|2   |Police         |24         |Provisional Select List has been  |
|    |Sub-Inspector  |           |published and process of document |
|    |(FPB)          |           |verification is in progress.      |
|3   |Police         |28         |Provisional Select List has been  |
|    |Sub-Inspector  |           |published and process of document |
|    |(Wireless)     |           |verification is in progress.      |
|4   |Police         |12         |Written examination has been      |
|    |Sub-Inspector  |           |conducted. The process of         |
|    |(CID)          |           |conducting viva-voce will be held |
|    |               |           |from 24.4.2017 and 25.4.2017 after|
|    |               |           |which Provisional Select List will|
|    |               |           |be published.                     |
|5   |Sub-Inspector  |18         |Written examination has been      |
|    |(KSISF)        |           |conducted. The process of         |
|    |               |           |conducting viva-voce will be held |
|    |               |           |from 3.5.2017 and 4.5.2017 after  |
|    |               |           |which Provisional Select List will|
|    |               |           |be published.                     |
|6   |Police         |59         |Written examination has been      |
|    |Sub-Inspector  |           |conducted. The process of         |
|    |(Civil)        |           |conducting viva-voce will be      |
|    |               |           |initiated in the Second week of   |
|    |               |           |May, 2017 after which Provisional |
|    |               |           |Select List will be published.    |
|7   |Police         |41         |Written examination has been      |
|    |Sub-Inspector  |           |conducted. The process of         |
|    |(State         |           |conducting viva-voce will be      |
|    |Intelligence)  |           |initiated in the Third week of    |
|    |               |           |May, 2017 after which Provisional |
|    |               |           |Select List will be published.    |
|8   |Reserve        |97         |Written examination has been      |
|    |Sub-Inspector  |           |conducted. The process of         |
|    |(CAR/DAR)      |           |conducting viva-voce will be      |
|    |               |           |initiated in the Fourth week of   |
|    |               |           |May, 2017 after which Provisional |
|    |               |           |Select List will be published.    |
|9   |Special Reserve|28         |Written examination has been      |
|    |Sub-Inspector  |           |conducted. The process of         |
|    |(KSRP)         |           |conducting viva-voce will be      |
|    |               |           |initiated in the Third week of    |
|    |               |           |June, 2017 after which Provisional|
|    |               |           |Select List will be published.    |
|    |TOTAL          |725        |                                  |


                              Police Constables

|Sl  |Post              |Number of  |Present Status                 |
|No: |                  |Vacancies  |                               |
|    |                  |Notified   |                               |
|1   |Police Constable  |3992       |Provisional Select List has    |
|    |(Civil)           |           |been published and document    |
|    |                  |           |verification is in progress.   |
|2   |Armed Police      |1834       |Provisional Select List has    |
|    |Constable(CAR/DAR)|           |been published and document    |
|    |                  |           |verification is in progress.   |
|3   |Special Reserve   |1976       |Merit List has been generated  |
|    |Police Constable  |           |after the written examination. |
|    |(KSRP)            |           |The provisional select list    |
|    |                  |           |will be published in the First |
|    |                  |           |week of May, 2017.             |
|4   |Police Constable  |396        |Written examination has been   |
|    |(KSISF)           |           |conducted. Merit List will be  |
|    |                  |           |generated and the provisional  |
|    |                  |           |select list will be published  |
|    |                  |           |in the Second week of May,     |
|    |                  |           |2017.                          |
|5   |Police Constable  |226        |Merit List has been generated  |
|    |(Wireless)        |           |after the written examination. |
|    |                  |           |The provisional select list    |
|    |                  |           |will be published in the last  |
|    |                  |           |week of April, 2017.           |
|    |TOTAL             |8424       |                               |



3.          It is pointed out, that in the above process of  selection,  the
consideration has proceeded  up  to  the  finalisation  of  the  provisional
select list.  It is submitted, that appointments,  out  of  the  provisional
select list, will be made  by  July,  2017.   In  the  selection  processes,
referred to above, wherein the written examination has  been  conducted,  it
is submitted, that the provisional select list will  be  finalised  by  May,
2017, and the appointment orders will be issued by July, 2017. We  place  on
record the manner of filling up of direct recruit vacancies  in  the  police
cadre during the year 2016-2017.

4.          It is submitted, that for filling  up  of  remaining  vacancies,
the following time schedule has been determined by the High Court:

“A. For filling up of vacancies in the Cadre of       Police  Sub  Inspector
(Civil)

|Sl.     |Description                       |Date              |
|No.     |                                  |                  |
|1.      |Obtaining classification of       |End of March      |
|        |Vacancies from the concerned Unit |                  |
|        |Officers.                         |                  |
|2.      |Publication of Notification       |2nd week of April |
|3.      |Issue of Paper advertisement      |2nd week of April |
|4.      |Inviting applications through     |3rd week of April |
|        |on-line                           |                  |
|5.      |Conduct of ET & Police Station    |4th week of May   |
|6.      |Conduct of Written examination    |4th week of June  |
|        |                                  |                  |
|7.      |Conduct of Viva-voce              |4th week of July  |
|8.      |Publication of Select List        |1st week of August|

B. For filling up of  vacancies  in  the  Cadre  of  Reserve  Sub  Inspector
(CAR/DAR):
|Sl.     |Description                      |Date               |
|No.     |                                 |                   |
|1.      |Obtaining classification of      |End of March       |
|        |Vacancies from the concerned Unit|                   |
|        |Officers.                        |                   |
|2.      |Publication of Notification      |2nd week of April  |
|3.      |Issue of Paper advertisement     |2nd week of April  |
|4.      |Inviting applications through    |3rd week of April  |
|        |on-line                          |                   |
|5.      |Conduct of ET & Police Station   |4th week of June   |
|6.      |Conduct of Written examination   |4th week of July   |
|7.      |Conduct of Viva-voce             |4th week of August |
|8.      |Publication of Select List       |1st week of        |
|        |                                 |September          |


C. For filling up of  vacancies  in  the  Cadre  of  Reserve  Sub  Inspector
(FPB) and (Wireless):

|Sl.     |Description                      |Date               |
|No.     |                                 |                   |
|1.      |Obtaining classification of      |End of March       |
|        |Vacancies from the concerned Unit|                   |
|        |Officers.                        |                   |
|2.      |Publication of Notification      |2nd week of April  |
|3.      |Issue of Paper advertisement     |2nd week of April  |
|4.      |Inviting applications through    |3rd week of April  |
|        |on-line                          |                   |
|5.      |Conduct of ET & Police Station   |4th week of June   |
|6.      |Conduct of Written examination   |1th week of August |
|7.      |Conduct of Viva-voce             |4th week of August |
|8.      |Publication of Select List       |1st week of        |
|        |                                 |September          |


D. For filling up of vacancies in the Cadre of Spl.  Reserve  Sub  Inspector
(KSRP):
|Sl.     |Description                      |Date              |
|No.     |                                 |                  |
|1.      |Obtaining classification of      |End of March      |
|        |Vacancies from the concerned Unit|                  |
|        |Officers.                        |                  |
|2.      |Publication of Notification      |2nd week of April |
|3.      |Issue of Paper advertisement     |2nd week of April |
|4.      |Inviting applications through    |3rd week of April |
|        |on-line                          |                  |
|5.      |Conduct of ET & Police Station   |4th week of July  |
|6.      |Conduct of Written examination   |1th week of       |
|        |                                 |September         |
|7.      |Conduct of Viva-voce             |4th week of       |
|        |                                 |September         |
|8.      |Publication of Select List       |1st week of       |
|        |                                 |October           |


E. For filling up of vacancies in the Cadre of  Sub-Inspector  (KSISF),  PSI
(CID) and PSI (INT):
|Sl.     |Description                      |Date              |
|No.     |                                 |                  |
|1.      |Obtaining classification of      |End of August     |
|        |Vacancies from the concerned Unit|                  |
|        |Officers.                        |                  |
|2.      |Publication of Notification      |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |September         |
|3.      |Issue of Paper advertisement     |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |September         |
|4.      |Inviting applications through    |3rd week of       |
|        |on-line                          |September         |
|5.      |Conduct of ET & Police Station   |4th week of       |
|        |                                 |October           |
|6.      |Conduct of Written examination   |3rd Week of       |
|        |                                 |November for SI   |
|        |                                 |(KSISF), 4th week |
|        |                                 |of November for   |
|        |                                 |PSI (CID) and 1st |
|        |                                 |Week of December  |
|        |                                 |for PSI (INT)     |
|7.      |Conduct of Viva-voce             |3rd week of       |
|        |                                 |December          |
|8.      |Publication of Select List       |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |January           |


F. For filling up of vacancies in the Cadre of  Cadre  of  Police  Constable
(Civil):
|Sl.     |Description                      |Date              |
|No.     |                                 |                  |
|1.      |Obtaining classification of      |4th week of May   |
|        |Vacancies from the concerned Unit|                  |
|        |Officers.                        |                  |
|2.      |Publication of Notification      |2nd week of June  |
|3.      |Issue of Paper advertisement     |2nd week of June  |
|4.      |Inviting applications through    |3rd week of June  |
|        |on-line                          |                  |
|5.      |Conduct of Written Examination   |2nd week of August|
|6.      |Preparation of Merit List        |1st week of       |
|        |                                 |September         |
|7.      |Conduct of ET & PST              |4th week of       |
|        |                                 |September         |
|8.      |Publication of Selection list    |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |October           |


G. For filling up of vacancies  in  the  Cadre  of  Cadre  of  Armed  Police
Constable (CAR/DAR):
|Sl.     |Description                      |Date              |
|No.     |                                 |                  |
|1.      |Obtaining classification of      |4th week of May   |
|        |Vacancies from the concerned Unit|                  |
|        |Officers.                        |                  |
|2.      |Publication of Notification      |2nd week of June  |
|3.      |Issue of Paper advertisement     |2nd week of June  |
|4.      |Inviting applications through    |3rd week of June  |
|        |on-line                          |                  |
|5.      |Conduct of Written Examination   |4th week of August|
|6.      |Preparation of Merit List        |3rd week of       |
|        |                                 |September         |
|7.      |Conduct of ET & PST              |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |October           |
|8.      |Publication of Selection list    |4th week of       |
|        |                                 |October           |


H. For filling up of vacancies in the Cadre of Cadre of Spl. Reserve  Police
Constable (KSRP):
|Sl.     |Description                      |Date              |
|No.     |                                 |                  |
|1.      |Obtaining classification of      |4th week of       |
|        |Vacancies from the concerned Unit|September         |
|        |Officers.                        |                  |
|2.      |Publication of Notification      |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |October           |
|3.      |Issue of Paper advertisement     |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |October           |
|4.      |Inviting applications through    |3rd week of       |
|        |on-line                          |October           |
|5.      |Conduct of Written Examination   |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |December          |
|6.      |Preparation of Merit List        |3rd week of       |
|        |                                 |January           |
|7.      |Conduct of ET & PST              |3rd week of       |
|        |                                 |January           |
|8.      |Publication of Selection list    |1st week of       |
|        |                                 |February          |


J. For filling up of vacancies in the Cadre of  Cadre  of  Police  Constable
(KSISF):
|Sl.     |Description                      |Date              |
|No.     |                                 |                  |
|1.      |Obtaining classification of      |4th week of       |
|        |Vacancies from the concerned Unit|October           |
|        |Officers.                        |                  |
|2.      |Publication of Notification      |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |November          |
|3.      |Issue of Paper advertisement     |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |November          |
|4.      |Inviting applications through    |3rd week of       |
|        |on-line                          |November          |
|5.      |Conduct of Written Examination   |4th week of       |
|        |                                 |December          |
|6.      |Preparation of Merit List        |3rd week of       |
|        |                                 |January           |
|7.      |Conduct of ET & PST              |3rd week of       |
|        |                                 |February          |
|8.      |Publication of Selection list    |4th week of       |
|        |                                 |February          |


K. For filling up of vacancies in the Cadre of  Cadre  of  Police  Constable
(FPB):
|Sl.     |Description                      |Date              |
|No.     |                                 |                  |
|1.      |Obtaining classification of      |4th week of       |
|        |Vacancies from the concerned Unit|October           |
|        |Officers.                        |                  |
|2.      |Publication of Notification      |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |November          |
|3.      |Issue of Paper advertisement     |2nd week of       |
|        |                                 |November          |
|4.      |Inviting applications through    |3rd week of       |
|        |on-line                          |November          |
|5.      |Conduct of Written Examination   |4th week of       |
|        |                                 |January           |
|6.      |Preparation of Merit List        |3rd week of       |
|        |                                 |February          |
|7.      |Conduct of ET & PST              |2nd week of March |
|8.      |Publication of Selection list    |3rd week of March |




5.    We are informed  on  behalf  of  the  State  of  Karnataka,  that  the
Principal  Secretary,  Home  Department,   Government   of   Karnataka,   is
monitoring the recruitment process.  He assures this Court,  that  the  time
lines indicated hereinabove, will be duly complied with. The statement  made
on behalf of the State of Karnataka, is taken on record.

6.           We  hereby  direct,  that   the   Principal   Secretary,   Home
Department, Government of Karnataka, and the Additional Director General  of
Police (Recruitment), Karnataka shall be responsible for filling up all  the
vacancies, in the manner indicated to this Court  on  behalf  of  the  State
Government, by strictly adhering to the time lines.



State of Tamil Nadu

1.          Mr. V. Sampath, Joint Secretary, Department of Home,  Government
of Tamil Nadu, and Mr. Sanjay Arora, Additional Director General of  Police,
are present in Court in person, to assist this Court  about  the  manner  by
which direct recruitment will be made, to fill  up  vacancies  of  different
ranks in the police department.

2.          In the cadre of Sub-Inspectors (Taluk), we  are  informed,  that
as against the sanctioned strength of 8151 posts,  6398  sub-inspectors  are
in position. It is submitted, that the vacancies in the  said  cadre  as  on
1.1.2017, were 1753.  Out of the above vacancies, it is  pointed  out,  that
the process of selection of 1026 Sub-Inspectors (Taluk) has been  completed,
and their training is  in  progress.   It  is  submitted,  that  the  above-
mentioned trainees are likely to be issued appointment  orders  shortly,  on
the conclusion of their training, whereupon, they are expected to  join  the
police force, by  1.10.2017.   It  is  submitted,  that  the  remaining  720
vacancies in the cadre of  Sub-Inspectors  (Taluk)  will  be  initiated  and
completed, within four months from today.

3.          Insofar  as  the  cadre  of  Sub-Inspector  (Armed  Reserve)  is
concerned, it is pointed out, that it has  a  sanctioned  strength  of  1209
posts, out of which 1099 personnel are in  position.   As  such,  there  are
only 110 vacancies of Sub-Inspectors (Armed Reserve),  which  remain  to  be
filled up.  It is submitted, that the above posts are to  be  filled  up  by
way of promotion, and the process of promotion to the above  110  vacancies,
shall be completed, and appointment  orders  will  be  issued,  within  four
months from today.

4.          Insofar as  the  cadre  of  Sub-Inspector  (Tamil  Nadu  Special
Police) is concerned, it has a sanctioned strength of 477, out of which  400
personnel are in  position.  It  is  pointed  out,  that  the  remaining  77
vacancies in the cadre of Sub-Inspector (Tamil Nadu Special Police)  are  to
be filled up by way of promotion, and the process of promotion to the  above
77 vacancies will be completed, and appointments will be made,  within  five
months from today.

5.           Insofar  as  the  cadre  of  Constables  is  concerned,  it  is
submitted, that there is a sanctioned strength of  1,09,694  posts,  out  of
which 92,105 personnel are in position.  As  against  the  remaining  17,589
vacancies, the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board  has  already
issued an  advertisement  notifying  13,183  vacancies  of  Grade-II  Police
Constables (Armed Reserve and Tamil Nadu Special Police) on 23.01.2017.   It
is pointed  out,  that  the  provisional  selection  list,  will  be  issued
positively by August, 2017, whereafter, after abiding  by  the  verification
process, orders of appointment will be issued in November,  2017,  requiring
the selected candidates to undergo training for a period of eight months.

6.          It is submitted, that the entire  balance  vacancies,  including
such vacancies which may arise in the interregnum,  will  be  taken  up,  as
soon as the provisional list, for  the  existing  process  of  selection  is
published, in August, 2017.  It is affirmed, that  the Tamil Nadu  Uniformed
Services Recruitment Board, will fill up all  the  remaining  vacancies,  in
the cadre of Constables of Police, within a period of eight  months  of  the
issuance of the advertisement.  In the above  view  of  the  matter,  it  is
expressly undertaken, that  all  the  balance  vacancies  in  the  cadre  of
constables, will be filled up by April, 2018.

7.          The aforesaid factual position brought to  the  notice  of  this
Court, is taken on record.  The Director General of Police, who is also  the
Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment  Board,  shall  be
personally responsible for complying with  the  undertaking  given  to  this
Court.

States of West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand

            Even though, we  had  taken  up  for  consideration  the  matter
relating to filling up of vacancies in the police force for  the  States  of
West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand, we  refrain  ourselves  from  passing  any
final orders, in respect of the above States.   Proceedings  with  reference
to the aforesaid three States, are accordingly deferred to 1.5.2017.

            In addition to the above three States,  the  three  States  with
the next largest number of vacancies are:

            Gujarat         -          28580

            Telangana       -          17504

            Rajasthan       -          15731

             We  therefore  hereby  direct,  the  Home  Secretaries  of  the
additional three States, referred  to  hereinabove,  to  assist  this  Court
personally, or to nominate an officer of the department, not below the  rank
of Joint Secretary, to prepare a definite road map

for filling up the vacancies of police personnel.

            Post for further consideration on 01.05.2017.



                                                ….......................CJI
                                                     [JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR]


NEW DELHI;                                      ….........................J.
APRIL 24, 2017.                                      [Dr. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD]



ITEM NO.37                 COURT NO.1               SECTION PIL(W)

               S U P R E M E  C O U R T  O F  I N D I A
                       RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).  183/2013

MANISH KUMAR                                       Petitioner(s)

                                VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.                            Respondent(s)
(with appln. (s) for exemption from filing O.T. and extension of time)

Date : 24/04/2017 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :
         HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
         HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD


For Petitioner(s)      Mr. Manish Kumar, in person


For Respondent(s)      Mr. Maninder Singh, ASG
                       Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Adv.
                       Ms. Sushma Manchanda, Adv.
                       Mr. Abshishek Atrey, Adv.
                       Mr. S.Wasim A. Qadri, Adv.
                       Mr. Sudhir Walia, Adv.
                       for Mr. M.K. Maroria, AOR

                       Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv.
                       Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv.
                       for Mr. Raj Bahadur, AOR

                       Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra,Adv.
                       Mr. Aviral Saxena, Adv.
                       Mr. Vibhu Tiwari, Adv.

                       Mr. Subramonium Prasad, Sr. Adv.
                       Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, Adv.
                       Ms. Nithya , Adv.
                       Mrs. Maha Lakshmi, Adv.
                       Mr. Partha Sarathi, Adv.

                       Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
                       Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv.
                       Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv.
                       Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv.

                       Mr. Rudreshwar Singh, Adv.
                       Mr. Gautam Singh, Adv.
                       Ms. Isha Singh, Adv.
                       for Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR

                       Mr. A.K. Ganguli, Sr. Adv.
                       Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv.
                       Mr. Kunal Chatterjee, Adv.
                       Mr. C.K. Ganguli, Adv.

                       Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv.

                       Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.

                       Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv.
                       for Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv.

                       Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv.
                       for Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR

                       Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, AAG
                       Mr. Arjun Singh, Adv.
                    for Mr. Milind Kumar,AOR

                       Mr. Guntur Prabhakar,Adv.

                       Ms.Aruna Mathur, Adv.
                       for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co.

                      Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee,Adv.

                       Mr. V. G. Pragasam,Adv.

                       Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, adv.
                       Mr. Naresh Kumar Gaur, Adv.
                       for Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh,AOR

                       Mr. D.K. Thakur, AAG
                       for Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma,AOR

                       Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, Adv.
                       for Mr. C.D. Singh, AOR

                       Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv.
                       Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.
                       Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.

                       Mr. Pragyan, Adv.
                       Mr. Shikhar Garg, Adv.
                       Mr. Ganesh Bapu, Adv.
                       for Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran,AOR

                       Mr. Sanchar Anand, AAG
                       Mr. Apoorv Singhal, Adv.
                       Mr. Anant K. Vatsya, Adv.
                       Mr. Narsingh N. Rai, Adv.
                    for Mr. Kuldip Singh,Adv.

                       Mr. Rajiv Nanda,Adv.

                       Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat,Adv.

                       Mr. Anil Grover, AAG
                       Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv.
                       Mr. Satish Kumar, Adv.
                       Mr. Sandeep Yadav, Adv.
                       Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen,Adv.

                       Mr. Mishra Saurabh,Adv.

                       Ms. G. Indira,Adv.

                       Mr. Shishir Deshpande,Adv.
                       Ms. Rushira gupta, Adv.
                       Mr. Salvador Santosh Rebello, Adv.
                       Mr. Anurag Sharma, Adv.

                       Ms. K. Enatoli Sema,Adv.

                       Mr. Krishnayan Sen,Adv.
                       Ms. Asiya Khan, Adv.
                       Mr. Uddyam Mukherjee, Adv.

          UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
                             O R D E R

            The filling up of vacancies in the police force  in  the  States
of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu  be dealt  with,  in  the  manner
indicated in the signed order.
            Even though, we  had  taken  up  for  consideration  the  matter
relating to filling up of vacancies in the police force for  the  States  of
West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand, but we refrain ourselves from passing  any
final orders, in respect of the above States.   Proceedings  with  reference
to the aforesaid three States, are accordingly deferred to 1.5.2017.

            In addition to the above three States,  the  three  States  with
the next largest number of vacancies are:

            Gujarat         -          28580

            Telangana       -          17504

            Rajasthan       -          15731

             We  therefore  hereby  direct,  the  Home  Secretaries  of  the
additional three States, referred  to  hereinabove,  to  assist  this  Court
personally, or to nominate an officer of the department, not below the  rank
of Joint Secretary, to prepare a definite road map

for filling up the vacancies of police personnel.

            Post for further consideration on 01.05.2017.


  (Renuka Sadana)                            (Parveen Kumar)
Assistant Registrar                       AR-cum-PS
            [signed order is placed on the file]