GAYATHRI V KARTHIKEYAN vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

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$~31 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 18.07.2025 + W.P.(C) 9815/2025 GAYATHRI V KARTHIKEYAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Shripal Upadhyay, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Nirvikar Verma, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 41032/2025 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. W.P.(C) 9815/2025 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, challenging the Order dated 06.06.2025 passed by the respondent no.3, whereby the request of the petitioner for the conduct of a Review Medical Board was refused. 3. The present petition arises out of the following facts: 3.1The respondents issued an Examination Notice No. AFCAT- 02/2024 in May 2024, inviting applications for the Air Force Common Admission Test-2024, for recruitment into various branches of the Indian Air Force (IAF). 3.2The petitioner appeared in the written test, and successfully qualified for the same. Consequently, the petitioner was called Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed WP(C) 9815/2025 Page 1 of 4 By:REYMON VASHIST Signing Date:22.07.2025 12:24:28 by the Service Selection Board (SSB) for an interview and was thereafter shortlisted for the medical examination for commissioning in the Technical Branch of the Indian Air Force. 3.3The petitioner was called by the respondent for the Detailed Medical Examination (DME) conducted on 22.01.2025. However, she was declared medically ‘unfit’ for the same on account of the following grounds: “(i) ANAEMIA (ii) CARDIAC MURMUR (iii) ASD CLOSURE DEVICE IN SITU” 3.4Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner filed an appeal. 3.5The Appeal Medical Board, vide its report dated 07.03.2025, again declared the petitioner medically ‘