1. The present petitioner Derawar Singh S/O Bhakar Singh working as Sub-Inspector of Police has preferred this writ petition claiming an “out of turn promotion” against the 10% reserved vacancies for the year 2006-2007 under Rule 28 of the Rajasthan Police Subordinate Service Rules, 1989 which is enacted to reward the police personnel who perform the outstanding and extraordinary acts of courage in discharge of their duties and with their outstanding caliber in the fields like anti-dacoity or anti-smuggling or any special field of police work including performance in games and sports and 10% of next higher posts can be reserved for such “out of turn promotion” as per Rule 28 of the Police Subordinate Service Rules, 1989.

2. The recommendations of the Superintendent of Police, Jodhpur (Rural) were made vide letter Annex.1 dtd.5.4.2007 recommending the case of the petitioner for such out of turn promotion on the various grounds like catching and arresting a known dacoit Rania, saving of six lives on 11.7.2001 in a flooding and overflowing river at 6.45 a.m., preventing the communal riots at Swaroopganj at the period of time when ill-famous Godhra riots took place in the nearby