Hon'ble Suneet Kumar,J.

Hon'ble Shiv Shanker Prasad,J.

1. Heard Sri P. C. Dwivedi, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Arun Kumar Gupta, learned counsel appearing for the respondent-railways/ Union of India.

2. The instant writ petition is directed against the judgment and order dated 18th November, 2021 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad Bench, Allahabad (for short ‘Tribunal’), in Original Application No. 330/00092/2020 (Vijay Dwivedi Vs. Union of India & others), whereby the claim of the petitioner for appointment has been rejected.

3. The admitted facts inter se parties is that Railway Recruitment Board, Government of India, Ministry of Railways notified Advertisement No. 01 of 2014 dated 18 January 2014, inviting applications for the posts of Assistant Loco Pilot.

4. It is not disputed that the petitioner qualified the written examination and was declared successful in the Psychology Aptitude Test. However, petitioner could not qualify the medical test for the reason that petitioner had earlier undergone Lasik Surgery of his eyes. Feeling aggrieved, petitioner challenged the rejection order before the Tribunal by filing Or