SAGUN KUMAR CHANDAN vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 28.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 02.05.2026 + W.P.(C) 5607/2024 SAGUN KUMAR CHANDAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Punit Viany and Ms. Sanra Singpho, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ravi Kant Srivastava, SPC along with Mr. Robert Laishram, Adv. and Mr. Dinesh Lawate, Dy. Commandant, Mr. Anoop Singh, CT/GD for CISF. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT AMIT MAHAJAN, J. 1. The present petition has been filed by the Petitioner, seeking the following prayers: - “i. Issue a Writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the result of Review Medical Examination dated 19.01.2024 declaring the petitioner unfit on account of Colour Vision CP-IV (Four), and ii. Issue a Writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No.2 to constitute the independent Medical Board to re- examine the petitioner again, iii. Any other order(s) as this Hon’ble Court deem fit and proper, may also be passed in favour of the petitioner.” Signature Not Verified Signed By:DEEPANSHU Signing Date:02.05.2026 18:54:50 W.P.(C) 5607/2024 Page 1 of 10 2. Succinctly stated, the Petitioner was recruited as Constable/GD, in Central Industrial Security Force (‘CISF’), in the year 2010 and is presently posted at Chandigarh (UT). The Petitioner opted for the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (‘LDCE’) as notified by the Respondent No. 2 on 21.01.2019 for recruitment as Head Constable/Ministerial. 3. Though the Petitioner qualified in the PST/ Written Examination/ Typewriting Test, he was disqualified in the Medical Test for having “Defective Color Vision” and was declared “UNFIT” by the Detailed Medical Board on 08.12.20