Amitava Roy, J.

1. The petitioner, a contender for the post of Constable/Driver in the Central Reserve Police Force (hereafter referred to as 'the Force') having been rejected for recruitment on the medical ground seeks the intervention of this Court for redress.

2. I have heard Mr. R. Mazumdar, Learned Counsel for the petitioner and Ms. J. Huda, learned Central Government Standing Counsel for the respondents.

3. Shortly put, the facts leading to the filing of the instant petition are that, pursuant to an advertisement issued in the month of September, 2007 by the concerned authority of the Force inviting applications for the post of Constable Driver/Constable Fitter, the petitioner offered his candidature. After subjecting him to the physical measurement exercise and efficiency test, he was permitted to take the related written examination. He also participated in the driving test and the interview that followed. At the final stage, the petitioner, in course of his medical examination was rejected on the ground that he had been suffering from (1) Hyperextension of inter phalageal joints and (2) External piles i.e., Haemorrhoids.

4. Being rejected, the petitioner got himself me