AJAY KUMAR vs UNION OF INIDIA AND ORS

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$~74 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 18902/2025, CM APPL. 78692/2025 & CM APPL. 78693/2025 AJAY KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. K.K. Sharma, Mr. Sameer Khan, Mr. Harshit Aggarwal and Mr. Pratham Kindra, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ashish Goyal, SPC with Mr. Kautilya, GP and Mr. Anurag Singhal, 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. The petitioner is a candidate belonging to the Scheduled Castes, who applied for recruitment to the post of Constable (GD) in the Central Armed Police Forces1. The said exam was conducted by the Staff Selection Commission on 12 February 2025. Consequent to his clearing earlier rounds of selection, a Detailed Medical Examination2 of the petitioner took place on 27 November 2025. The DME found the petitioner to be unfit for recruitment as Constable in the CAPFs as he had Brachymetatarsia in the fourth toe of his right foot. 1 “CAPFs” hereinafter 2 “DME” hereinafter Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 18902/2025 Digitally Signed By:AJIT Page 1 of 5 KUMAR Signing Date:19.12.2025 15:26:49 2. The petitioner, on an application, was thereafter examined by a Review Medical Board3 which also declared him to be unfit on the ground that he had Brachymetatarsia in the fourth toe of his right foot on 2 December 2025. 3. On the ground that an outside medical opinion, obtained by the petitioner, had found him to be fit, and that, in the medical examination of the petitioner which have been conducted for the previous year in 2024, no unfitness was found, the petitioner has approached this Court by means of the present writ petition, praying that the DME report dated 29 November 2025 and the RME report date