JUDGMENT :

NAVIN CHAWLA, J.

The petition has been heard by way of video conferencing.

1. The present petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondent no. 2 to allow the petitioner to appear in the interview for the post of Assistant Commandant pursuant to the Examination Notice No. 12/2020-CPF dated 18.08.2020 published by the respondent no. 1 for the “Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination, 2020” (hereinafter referred to as ‘Examination Notice’).

2. It is the case of the petitioner that pursuant to the Examination Notice, the petitioner applied for the post of Assistant Commandant. The petitioner, having qualified the written examination, was called for his Detailed Medical Examination (in short, “DME”) to SSB Gorakhpur.

3. In the DME, however, vide report dated 13.04.2021, the petitioner was declared to be medically unfit on two grounds, namely, ‘Defective Distant Vision Left Eye 6/24 c Glass’ and ‘Varicose vein (R) Lower Limb’. The petitioner, aggrieved by the report, was directed to appear for a Review Medical Examination (in short, ‘RME’) which was to be conducted at Referral Hospital, NOIDA.

4. In the RME as well, vide report dated 22.09.2021,