STAFF SELECTION COMMISSIONER & ORS. vs MUKEEM KHAN & ANR.

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$~90 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 22.01.2025 + W.P.(C) 14745/2024 & CM APPL. 61928/2024 STAFF SELECTION COMMISSIONER & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr.Farman Ali, SPC with Ms.Laavanya Kaushik, GP & Ms.Usha Jamwal, Adv. versus MUKEEM KHAN & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms.Esha Mazumdar, Mr.Setu Niket, Ms.Unni Maya S. & Mr.Devansh Khatter, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (Oral) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioners, challenging the Order dated 22.03.2024 read with the Order dated 08.04.2024 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, „Tribunal‟) in O.A. No. 735/2024 and M.A. No. 1237/2024, titled Mukeem Khan vs. Staff Selection Commission & Ors., directing the petitioners herein to conduct a re-medical examination of the condition suffered by the respondent herein by constituting a fresh medical board. 2. The respondent had been declared unfit for appointment to the post of Constable (Executive) (Male) in the Delhi Police Examination, 2023 by the report dated 29.01.2024 of the Review Medical Examination (in short, „RME‟) Board, which found the respondent to be suffering Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 14745/2024 Page 1 of 3 By:SUNIL Signing Date:28.01.2025 11:18:45 from “isolated systolic hypertension”. 3. Earlier, the respondent had been declared unfit for appointment by the Detailed Medical Examination Board as well, due to him suffering from high blood pressure. 4. In our Order dated 30.11.2024, we had taken note of the fact that before being declared „Unfit’, the blood pressure of the respondent had been recorded by the RME Board on at least 10 occasions over a