JUDGMENT :

By way of filing the present petition, the petitioner has urged to invoke the jurisdiction of this court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to resolve her grievance in consonance with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

2. The petitioner joining at the Agricultural Research Service under Indian Council of Agricultural Research Centre [ICAR] was posted at ICAR Complex for North Eastern Hills Region, Tripura Centre. During her service she submitted a complaint on 05.12.2018 alleging sexual harassment as contemplated under Section 9 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 [for brevity, here-in-after referred to as Act of 2013]. Internal Complaints Committee submitted report wherein the Committee recommended the exoneration of respondent No.6. Against such recommendation, the petitioner preferred an appeal under Section 18(1) of the Act of 2013. Since the said statutory appeal is not disposed off, the petitioner has approached this court by way of invoking the jurisdiction of this court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India