Pradeep Nandrajog, J.

1. Long many years ago, in the year 1996, deciding an issue as to when should a person who is convicted for committing an offence be denied public employment, in the opinion reported as (1996) 4 SCC 17 Pawan Kumar & Ors. Vs. State of Haryana the Supreme Court had opined that only conviction for such offences which involve a moral turpitude should result in denying public employment. Notwithstanding the said categorical enunciation of the law, with regret, we note that for 17 long years the officers of Delhi Police have refused to abide by the law resulting in hundreds of cases being decided by the Delhi High Court each year on the subject.

2. In the opinion reported as 171 (2010) DLT 705 Government of NCT of Delhi & Anr. Vs. Robin Singh, the Division Bench of this Court noted that the archaic method of character verification was being resorted to by the Delhi Police even in the 21st century. The same was by checking on the police dossiers. The Division Bench had noted how countries abroad had marched ahead with time, taking help of psychological tests evolved by Psychologists. With respect to employment in Police, the Division Bench had highlighted