SAHIL PADMA SHINDE vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~38 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 17627/2025 & CM APPL. 72785/2025 SAHIL PADMA SHINDE .....Petitioner Through: Major Kavish Aggarwala, Mr. Shubham Kumar, Mr. Shubham Raghuvanshi, Mr. Uttam Kumar, Mr. Amit, Mr. Paras Jaiswal and Ms. Manini Kaur, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, CGSC with Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, Ms. Khyaati Bansal and Ms. Priya Khurana, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 20.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioner challenges the decision of the respondents to treat him as medically unfit for recruitment as Assistant Commandant in the Indian Coast Guard on the ground that the axial length of his eyes is in excess of the permissible limit. 2. Admittedly, there is concurrence of opinion in this regard by the Detailed Medical Examination and the Review Medical Examination. The actual reports have been provided to us. In the Detailed Medical Signature Not Verified Signed By:GUNN W.P.(C) 17627/2025 Page 1 of 3 Signing Date:22.11.2025 12:09:50 Examination, the axial length of the petitioner’s left eye was found to be 25.64 mm and the axial length of the petitioner’s right eye was found to be 25.49 mm. In the Review Medical Examination, the axial length of the petitioner’s left eye was found to be 25.46 mm and the axial length of the petitioner’s right eye was found to be 25.63 mm. 3. The prescribed maximum axial length of the eyes, as per the applicable visual standards is 25.5 mm. Indeed, the petitioner also does not dispute this position and has placed on record the information obtained under the Right to Information Act, 2005, which has communicated this standard to him. 4. The standard is not under challe