Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal directs state govt to reserve one police sub-inspector post for transgenders

The Mumbai bench of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal MAT has directed the state government to keep one post of a police subinspector PSI reserved for transgendersIn an order passed on Monday the tribunals chairperson retired Justice Mridula Bhatkar said it was bound by the Supreme Courts 2014 judgment asking all state governments to have reservation for transgenders for all public appointmentsThe tribunal was hearing an application filed by one Vinayak Kashid seeking a direction to the Maharashtra Public Service Commission MPSC to allow the applicant to apply for the PSIs post as a transgender candidateA copy of the MATs order was made available on TuesdayAlso Read Maharashtra deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis must take responsibility for minister Abdul Sattars alleged remarks against NCP MP Supriya Sule Aaditya ThackerayIn August this year the tribunal had directed the Maharashtra government to come up with a policy in six months regarding provision of posts for transgenders in educational institutions and public officesOn Monday the state government lawyer told the tribunal that it was still considering framing of a reservation policy for transgendersIrked over this the tribunal said the government had to follow the law of the land and the apex court judgment which said all transgender persons have the right to decide their selfidentified gender and directed the Centre and all state governments to extend reservation in cases of admission in educational institutions and for public appointmentsIt is difficult to accept the stand of the state government that the policy decision is not taken till date In view of the Supreme Court judgment of 2014 it is obligatory on part of the government to follow the law of the land the MAT said in its orderEven though the government had not taken any decision the tribunal was bound by the decision given by the apex court it addedWe hereby direct the respondent state government to keep one post of PSI reserved for transgenders in socially and economically backward class for this examination first and thereafter at all stages of appointment as only one applicant has approached this tribunal the tribunal saidOn Monday Kashids lawyer Kranti L C informed the tribunal that the applicant appeared for the preliminary examination on October 8 and the results are yet to be declaredKashid had in the application sought reservation of posts for transgender persons in the recruitment to 800 PSI posts set out in an advertisement issued by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission MPSC in June 2022As per the application Kashid was a male by birth and later opted to be a femaleKashid applied for the post of PSI seeking to be considered as a female candidateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever