Archive · 17 Aug 2026
Former UP cop, 85, wins 25-year fight for inspector promotion
An 85-year-old man named Ram Autar Singh Yadav used to be a police officer in Uttar Pradesh.
Many years ago, he was told he could not get a higher job, even though his coworkers did.
He thought that was not fair, so he kept asking the courts to help him for 25 years.
He traveled more than 450 kilometers from his hometown to go to court.
Finally, a big court called the Allahabad High Court said he was treated unfairly.
The court told the government to give him the higher job benefits from 1980.
That means he will get money for the salary he should have earned.
The court also said he should get his retirement benefits within four weeks.
He is happy because he never gave up, and now he finally got his due.
Ram Autar Singh Yadav, 85, won a 25-year legal battle for promotion to inspector after being denied it at the end of his career.
The Allahabad High Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government and the DGP to grant him inspector rank benefits with effect from March 16, 1980.
Yadav retired in 1999 as a Station Officer after his batchmates received a promotion he was denied.
The DGP rejected his claim in April 2010 citing adverse remarks and a censure, which the court noted were never communicated to him.
The court found he was treated unfairly and ordered his promotional salary, benefits, and retiral benefits to be paid within four weeks.
- Who
- Ram Autar Singh Yadav, an 85-year-old former Uttar Pradesh police sub-inspector
- What
- Won a 25-year legal battle for promotion to inspector, with salary and benefits from 1980
- When
- Judgment delivered and uploaded on August 4 and 10; the case was pursued for 25 years
- Where
- Allahabad High Court; Yadav is from Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- He was denied promotion based on adverse remarks that were never communicated to him, and the court found he was treated unfairly
- Petitioner
- Ram Autar Singh Yadav, 85
- Former rank
- Sub-inspector / Station Officer
- Promotion granted
- Inspector (civil police)
- Benefits effective from
- March 16, 1980
- Retirement year
- 1999
- DGP rejection
- April 2010
- Tribunal dismissal
- November 2012
- Court
- Allahabad High Court (Justices Arindam Sinha and Satya Veer Singh)