JUDGMENT :

RAHUL BHARTI, J.

WP (C) No. 1757/2021

1. An upfront issue, in its legal connotation, in the case is that though body height of persons is a homogeneous dimension but can an agender homogeneity, equalizing male and female, be prescribed and applied in a selection process with respect to public employment to proclaim that it amounts to equality of height prescription under article 14 of the Constitution of India purporting no discrimination, directly or indirectly, against female candidates.

2. Mount Everest, standing at the height of 29030 ft. with a claim of being the highest point on Earth, succumbed to ascent by 6 ft. tall Sir Edmund Hillary in May, 1953 and 5 ft. tall Junko Ishibashi in May, 1975 making them first man and woman to be at the peak of the Mt. Everest to be followed in their footsteps by many men and women to scale the peak. As the long height was not an advantage for Sir Edmund Hillary, so was the short height not a handicap for Junko Ishibashi to conquer the Everest. However, given to the then Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir and also for the Jammu & Kashmir Pu