JUDGMENT :

M.R. SHAH, J.

1. By way of this petition preferred under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for an appropriate relief, direction or order to set aside the Departmental Promotion Committee (for short ‘DPC’) dated 9.4.2021 denying her promotion to the post of Assistant Registrar and to direct respondent Nos. 1 and 2 herein to hold a fresh DPC.

2. The facts leading to the present writ petition in a nutshell are as under:

The petitioner initially joined her services as Lower Division Assistant in the establishment of the Gauhati High Court in the year 1991. Thereafter, she was promoted to the post of Upper Division Assistant in the year 1993. That thereafter she was promoted to the post of Superintendent in the Gauhati High Court on 5.1.2012. That in the year 2013, the High Court of Manipur came to be established as it was separated from the Gauhati High Court. At the relevant time and till the High Court of Manipur Officers and Employees Recruitment and Conditions of Service (Classification, Control, Appeal and Conduct) Rules, 2020 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Rules 2020’) came to be framed, the Manipur High Court was enforcing the Gauhati H