RAHUL KUMAR vs CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE & ORS.

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$~74 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 13.01.2025 + W.P.(C) 328/2025, CM APPL. 1550/2025 RAHUL KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit Kaushik and Mr. Himanshu Sharma, Advs. versus CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Shekhar Kumar, Mr. Anubhav Tyagi and Mr. Chetan, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (Oral) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, challenging the Review Medical Examination Report dated 11.11.2024, declaring the petitioner unfit for appointment in the Physical Standard Test (in short, ‘PST’) due to Bifid Uvula (Congenital Abnormality) in the selection process for the post of Constable (GD) in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), Secretariat Security Force (SSF), and Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles Examination- 2024. 2. The petitioner has applied for the said post pursuant to the Notice dated 24.11.2023, issued by the respondents. Clause 18 of the said advertisement reads as under: “18 Court’s Jurisdiction: Any dispute in regard to this recruitment will be subject to courts having jurisdiction over the place of Regional Office concerned of the Commission where the candidate has appeared for the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 328/2025 Page 1 of 2 By:NEELAM Signing Date:15.01.2025 17:35:16 Computer Based Examination.” 3. Admittedly, the petitioner has not appeared for the Computer Based Examination in Delhi. His PST was also not conducted in Delhi. 4. This Court, on an objection of the respondents for lack of territorial jurisdiction for adjudicating a petition raising a similar issue, in its Order dated 25.07.2024, passed in W.P.(C) 8480/2024, titled Uttam Kumar v. Union of India Through Its Secretary and Others