(PER F.I. REBELLO, J.) Rule. By consent of the parties heard forthwith.

2. The petitioner state, has moved this Court aggrieved by the order passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) dated 22nd December, 2006 in Original Application No.828 of 2005. The Respondent No.1 was the original applicant and respondent Nos. 2 to 9 here were the original respondents Nos. 4 to 11 before the learned Administrative Tribunal. In the Original Application the respondent No.1 had prayed for setting aside the order dated 4th July, 2005. By that order the State Government decided to fix the seniority of women police inspectors. The further reliefs sought was by way of a mandatory direction to restrain the respondent Nos. 1 to 3 from issuing any promotion orders on the basis of the seniority positions emerging from the grant of deemed dates as per the order dated 4th July, 2005. Various other reliefs were also sought which need not be set out.

Respondent No.1 was selected as Police Sub Inspector on 1st July, 1977 and thereafter sent for training to the Police Training Centre. The respondent No.1 completed his training on 31st July, 1979. Like the respondent No.1 there were also seve