CHANDER KANT vs CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE & ANR.

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$~41 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 10.01.2025 + W.P.(C) 264/2025 & CM APPL. 1314/2025, CM APPL. 1315/2025 CHANDER KANT .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Amit Kaushik, Mr.Himanshu Sharma, Advs. versus CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Ranjeev Khatana, Mr.R.N.Yadav, Advs. with Mr.Ajay Pal, Law Officer, CRPF), Mr.Shivkumar Singh, CRPF, Mr.Rajesh Kumar Singh, CRPF. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the decision dated 20.11.2024 of the Review Medical Examination, by which the petitioner has been declared unfit for appointment on the ground that he had undergone Lasik surgery in both the eyes. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the Detailed Medical examination dated 19.11.2024, the petitioner had earlier Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 264/2025 Page 1 of 3 By:SUNIL Signing Date:14.01.2025 20:12:49 been declared unfit for appointment to the post of Constable (Driver) on the ground of suffering from defective colour vision (CP-II). However, while the Review Medical Examination finds the petitioner fit on that ground, it has declared him unfit on the new ground, that he had undergone Lasik surgery in both the eyes. He also places reliance on the report dated 20.12.2024 of the Guru Nanak Eye Care Centre, which had opined that his colour vision is normal. He submits that since a new ground has been substituted by the Review Medical Board for rejecting the candidature of the petitioner, the petitioner should be directed to be examined by a fresh Medical Board. He places reliance on the Judgment of this Court in Sachin Negi v. Union of India & Ors. NC No. 2024:DHC: