SURENDRA vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~20 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 14455/2025 SURENDRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ravi Rathore and Mr. Maroof Khan, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr Puneet Yadav, SPC with Mr. Ajay Pal, Law Officer, CRPF, Insp Athurv, CRPF, Mr Ramniwas Yada, CRPF CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA ORDER (ORAL) % 19.09.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioner had applied for recruitment to the post of Constable (GD) in the Central Armed Police Forces1. His candidature has been rejected vide PST Rejection Slip dated 25 August 2025 on the ground that he was not of the requisite height. 2. We may note that the required height for recruitment as Constable (GD) is 170 cms whereas according to the PST Rejection slip, the petitioner height was 169.3 cms, which is just 0.7 cms short of the requisite height. 1 “CAPF”, hereinafter W.P.(C) 14455/2025 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 3 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:19.09.2025 16:03:56 3. The petitioner has placed reliance on a certificate issued by the District Government Hospital, Kuchaman City, Rajasthan, which has certified his height to be 171 cms. 4. Ordinarily, with respect to any medical requirement, if there are concurrent findings by two Medical Boards of the Respondent, this Court does not interfere merely because an outside Medical Board has given a favourable finding. 5. In the present case, however, the petitioner has been subjected to height testing only once. Mr. Puneet Yadav, learned counsel for the respondent, points out that only as per the Notification under which the petitioner has applied and the PST Rejection Sip itself, the petitioner had a right to appeal to the Appellate Authority, which he could have exha