As per case facts, members of the Punjab Police Force, petitioners joined before 2008, when the 1861 Police Act and Punjab Police Rules (PPR) were in force. The State introduced ... the 2007 Punjab Police Act in 2008. Petitioners challenged the bifurcation of the Provincial District Police Cadre into District and Armed Police Cadres and the creation of a 'Dying Cadre' by the respondent to protect seniority of some officers. Following a previous court order for a joint seniority list of District Police and PAP, the respondent prepared it and invited options for officers to choose between District Police or PAP, which petitioners did and were promoted. The central legal question was whether the respondent failed to frame rules under the 2007 Act, if bifurcating into two cadres was valid despite the 2007 Act mentioning five, and if creating a Dying Cadre was permissible without explicit statutory provision. Finally, the High Court held that PPR continued in force per Section 85 of the 2007 Act, so new rules weren't strictly necessary for all cadres. The bifurcation to two cadres was valid as the previous merger only involved District Police and PAP. The creation of a Dying Cadre was a policy decision within the State's competence, not prejudicing petitioners' promotional avenues. All petitions were dismissed.