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Blazing a trail through intricate government and judicial process, gritty transgender K Prithika Yashini has finally realized her dream of donning the uniform of a sub-inspector of police in Tamil Nadu police department.

The Madras high court on Thursday declared that she was entitled to be appointed sub-inspector of police. Calling for creation of separate category to accommodate transgenders in employment, the judges further said: "We are sure that by the time the next recruitment process is carried out, TNUSRB would have taken corrective measures for including the third gender as a category."

Though Tamil Nadu police already has three transgenders on their rolls as constables, Yashini will be the first transgender-officer in the force. Commending additional advocate general of Tamil Nadu P H Arvindh Pandian for his fair stand on the issue and Yashini's counsel Bhavani Subbarayan, the first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana hoped that Yashini would carry out the duties of a police officer with "dedication and commitment to advance the cause of other transgenders."

The judges who helped her clear all hurdles on the way, said: "The social impact of such recruitment cannot be lost sight of, as it would give strength to the case of transgenders. Yashini must reach the finish line, and not be stopped and disqualified in the middle."

Yashini was born K Pradeep Kumar and remained a male till she completed her post-graduate diploma in computer application from Bharathiar University. Though she had felt sweeping changes in her gait and body even during her school days, Yashini said she could gather courage to meet a doctor without informing her own parents, only after joining a college.