CONSTABLE HARPREET SINGH 107020817 vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~54 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 05.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 1606/2026 CONSTABLE HARPREET SINGH (107020817) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mohan Kumar, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Abhishek Mahajan, SPC and Mr. Devendra Singh, Dy. JAG, ITBP. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA V. KAMESWAR RAO, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 7836/2026 (Exemption) 1. Exemption is allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 1606/2026, CM APPL. 7835/2026 3. This petition has been filed with the following prayers:- “(a) To issue a writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to set aside the impugned Inter Office Note dated 07.01.2026 issued by Establishment Branch of 52nd Bn of ITBP vide which decision of ITBP Directorate General (Medical) was communicated to the petitioner.” Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRADEEP W.P. (C) 1606/2026 Page 1 of 3 SHARMA Signing Date:06.02.2026 11:55:37 4. In effect, the petitioner is challenging the inter-office note dated 07.01.2026 of the respondents whereby the respondents have not referred the case of the petitioner for Review Medical Board. 5. The submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner has approached Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar based on the opinion of the Doctor of the respondents, which is at page 27 of the paper- book and hence, the respondents now cannot take recourse to Rule 26 of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Rule, 1994 Rules to state that the opinion given by the Doctor at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar is not in accordance thereof. 6. On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents reiterates the case of the respondents by stating that the opinion, wh