Praveen Kumar vs State of Uttar Pradesh

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2024 Supreme(All) 675

J. J. MUNIR
Praveen Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttar Pradesh – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Ram Surat Saroj, Shashi Ranjan Srivastava, Vijay Gautam.

JUDGMENT :

J.J. MUNIR, J.

1. This writ petition has been instituted by an unsuccessful candidate for recruitment to the post of Constable Civil Police, Constable Provincial Armed Constabulary and Fireman in the direct recruitment of the year 2013. The petitioner prays that a mandamus be issued to the respondents to hold a medical examination for him by a Medical Board, who should review his medical fitness. He seeks this relief because the petitioner, after staking his candidature successfully through the various stages of recruitment process to the post of Constable Civil Police, Constable Provincial Armed Constabulary etc. in the Examination of 2013, failed the medical test.

2. The facts giving rise to this writ petition lie in a narrow compass. An advertisement was published by the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, Lucknow (for short, 'the Recruitment Board') for recruitment of 20,000 constables in the Uttar Pradesh Police Department vide Advertisement No. PRPB:1-1(28)/2013 General dated 14.03.2013. The respondents issued an application form along with a handbook of instructions online. The petitioner applied in response to the advertisement. The petitioner's ap

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