1. To realize the value of -

ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade;

ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby;

ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper;

ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet;

ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the trophy;

ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident; and

HALF A SECOND, ask the petitioner, who missed the post of Grade II Constable.

2. When children are the future and it is the duty of the parents as well as the society to nurture them and when the employed mother has the best opportunity of educating the child, will it be right to decline employment to a pregnant woman on the ground that her physical fitness during pregnancy is not a match as that of her counterparts, who are not similarly placed, is the issue raised in this writ petition.

3. The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking a direction to the respondents to select the petitioner for employment as Grade II Police Constable / Jail Warden on taking a lenient view, which is equated to mercy.

4. The petitioner is a candidate to the common recruitment of Grade II Police Constable 2017-18, with enrollment No.5101840. The petitioner completed