Veerendr Singh Siradhana, J.

The Complaints Committee on an enquiry into the allegations of sexual harassment found the petitioner guilty of the charge. As a consequence, the petitioner has been inflicted with the penalty of reduction to the lower post/grade of Sub-Inspector for a period of three years, which shall be a bar to his promotion during such period to the post/grade of Asstt. Commandant, with further directions that after the expiry of this period he will not regain his original seniority and that the period of reduction will have the effect of postponing future increments of his pay; of which the petitioner is aggrieved of. Hence, he has instituted the present writ application with a prayer to quash and set aside the impugned order dated 18th June, 2012 (Annexure-1).

2. Briefly, the essential skeletal material facts necessary for appreciation of the controversy raised are that the petitioner was proceeded with by the 'Complaints Committee' on the allegations of charge for sexual harassment as complained by Lady Constable-Baljeet Kaur, CISF Unit, ASG, Ahmedabad. The 'Complaints Committee' on an enquiry, recorded its findings on 29th June, 2010, and concluded that th