For the first time Sikhs would serve as officers in the New York City Police Department (NYPD) with their turbans and uncut beards, Washington-based Sikh Coalition said on Thursday.

On June 29, this year, New York City Commission on Human Rights issued a final decision and order calling on NYPD to allow traffic enforcement agent Jasjit Singh to serve with his turban and beard.

The NYPD has not yet appealed against the decision, the Sikh rights group said.

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"By deciding not to appeal the Human Rights Commission decision, the NYPD has effectively decided to allow Sikhs to serve with their turbans and beards," it said in a release.

The Sikh group said, "It is for the first time that Sikhs would serve in the NYPD with turbans and beards."

The NYPD has time till August 4 to file its final motions in the federal law suit by another agent Amrik Singh.

Over two years ago, Jasjit Singh and Amrik Singh were hired as traffic enforcement agents with the NYPD. They were ordered to remove their turbans and trim their beards because of the NYPD's uniform policy. When they refused to do so, the NYPD fired Amrik Singh and forced Jasjit Singh to resign.