<p align="justify">The Bombay High Court has asked constable Lalita Salve “who sought leave for sex-reassignment surgery“ to move the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal.</p>.<p align="justify">Lalita's lawyer, Ejaz Naqvi, on Monday mentioned the petition before a division bench comprising Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice Bharti Dangre, seeking an urgent hearing.</p>.<p align="justify">"Why should we hear the petition? Go to the state administrative tribunal," Justice Dharmadhikari said.</p>.<p align="justify">The 29-year-old constable is now based in Majalgaon in the Beed district of the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.</p>.<p align="justify">Earlier, her application for sex-reassignment surgery and leave came before Director General of Police Satish Mathur, Inspector General of Police (Aurangabad Range) Milind Bharambe and Superintendent of Police (Beed) G Sreedhar - but were rejected.</p>.<p align="justify">Last week, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asked the police top brass and the Home Department to take a positive stand on the plea.</p>
<p align="justify">The Bombay High Court has asked constable Lalita Salve “who sought leave for sex-reassignment surgery“ to move the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal.</p>.<p align="justify">Lalita's lawyer, Ejaz Naqvi, on Monday mentioned the petition before a division bench comprising Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice Bharti Dangre, seeking an urgent hearing.</p>.<p align="justify">"Why should we hear the petition? Go to the state administrative tribunal," Justice Dharmadhikari said.</p>.<p align="justify">The 29-year-old constable is now based in Majalgaon in the Beed district of the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.</p>.<p align="justify">Earlier, her application for sex-reassignment surgery and leave came before Director General of Police Satish Mathur, Inspector General of Police (Aurangabad Range) Milind Bharambe and Superintendent of Police (Beed) G Sreedhar - but were rejected.</p>.<p align="justify">Last week, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asked the police top brass and the Home Department to take a positive stand on the plea.</p>