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V. KAMESWAR RAO, ANOOP KUMAR MENDIRATTA
Karanti Goyal – Appellant
Versus
Ministry of Environment Forests Climate Change – Respondent
JUDGMENT
V. Kameswar Rao, J. (Oral)
CM APPL. 41365/2023
This is an application filed by the applicant/review petitioner seeking condonation of 60 days in filing the review petition.
For the reasons stated in the application, delay in filing the review petition is condoned.
Application stands disposed of.
REVIEW PET. 215/2023
1. This review petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking review of the order dated February 7, 2023 passed by this Court in the captioned writ petition. The writ petition was filed challenging order dated January 13, 2021 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal in OA 1078/2015, thereby dismissing the same.
2. In the order dated February 7 2023, this Court while dismissing the writ petition has stated in paragraphs 19 and 20 as under:
19. Insofar as the submission related to Rules 18 and 19 of the Rules of 2014 are concerned, the same shall not come to the aid of the petitioner. It is the conceded case of the petitioner that he was examined by a special Medical Board comprising of experts in the area for conducting the medical examination. Even the proviso to Rule 19 which as under:
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