ADITYA SHARMA vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 15442/2023 & CM APPL. 61915/2023 ADITYA SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Dr. S.S. Hooda, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Shashank Garg, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Vidhi Gupta, Ms. Aradhya Chaturvedi, Ms. Nishtha Garg and Mr. Kultar, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 16.12.2025 C.HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. In response to an advertisement published by the Indian Coast Guard1 for recruitment to the post of Assistant Commandant (General Duty), in January 2023, the petitioner applied. At the stage of medical examination, he was found unfit, as he was having substandard hearing in his right ear. It is not in dispute that concurrent findings to the said effect were returned thrice against the petitioner, first by the Medical Board, thereafter by the Appeal Medical Board and thereafter by the Review Medical Board. All three Medical Boards have found the petitioner suffering from substandard hearing in his right ear. 1 “ICG” hereinafter W.P.(C) 15442/2023 2. The only submission of the petitioner is that if the respondents are to treat him sub-standard, there