The Madras high court on Thursday directed Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (TNUSRB) to appoint a transgender as Sub-Inspector of police as she is entitled to get the job. The first Bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, also directed TNUSRB to include transgenders as a “third category” by the next recruitment process is carried out.
Transgender K Prithika Yashini’s application for the post was initially rejected, following which she moved the High Court. Yashini had cited a Supreme Court judgement, wherein it had ordered the state and Central governments to take steps to treat transgenders as socially and educationally backward citizens and extend them all kinds of reservation in admissions to educational institutions and public appointments.
The court had on September 7 ordered the authorities concerned to permit her to participate in the viva voce subject to certain conditions.