A former police officer has filed a PIL in Mumbai seeking the implementation of a decision made in 1979 to abolish house orderlies in the police department. Despite 75 years of Independence, the police continue to follow the colonial system of house orderlies. The PIL names several high-ranking police officials as parties and requests relief from the High Court. The petitioner argues that the orderly system was introduced by the British during colonial rule and is derogatory. The PIL is scheduled for a hearing on October 25.