ARUN NAGAR vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~43 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 12.03.2025 + W.P.(C) 3149/2025 ARUN NAGAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr.L.B. Rai & Ms.Akanksha Rai, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Nune Balraj, SPC with Ms.Meghna Rao, Mr.Harshit Goel & Mr.Vivek, GP. Mr.Ravinder Agarwal, Mr.Manish Kumar Singh & Mr.Vasu Agarwal, Advs. for UPSC. 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 petitioner, challenging the findings of the Medical Board dated 02.12.2024, and the Review Medical Board dated 03.12.2024, which declared the petitioner ‘unfit’ for appointment to the post of Assistant Commandant in the Central Armed Police Forces pursuant to the advertisement dated 24.04.2024. The petitioner has been declared ‘unfit’ for appointment by the Medical Boards on the grounds of him being suffering from ‘Right Eye Central Corneal Opacity’. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 3149/2025 Page 1 of 4 By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:19.03.2025 20:08:30 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner, placing reliance on the Medical Examination Report dated 29.12.2023, submits that in the recruitment exercise of the year 2023 for the CPFs Assistant Commandant Examination-2023, the petitioner had been declared medically ‘fit’ by the respondents itself. He further submits that the petitioner has also got himself examined at the RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, as also at the All-India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, which, by their reports dated 30.12.2024 and 07.02.2025 respectively, declared the petitioner ‘fit’, finding no corneal opacity. He submits that, in these circumstances, the petitioner deserves to be granted another opportunity