New Delhi, July 24 - Rooting for gender equality, the Delhi High Court Friday asked the government to make 'some arrangement' to provide women officers in the armed forces at least retirement benefits.

'We want to solve the matter at the administrative level. After 14 years of service if the women officers are not made permanent, then the government should make some arrangement so that they can at least avail the retirement benefits,' said a bench comprising of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.C. Garg.

Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam told the bench, 'We are trying our best to solve this matter and are seeing no discrimination is done to the women officers. We are seeking instructions from the government on this in four weeks.'

However, the court refused to entertain the solicitor general's contention that he was taking instructions. 'We don't need any instruction from the government.