$~113 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 21.01.2026 + W.P.(C) 16917/2025 & CM APPL. 69553/2025 GAJE SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber and Mr. Arjun Panwar, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mrs. Anubha Bhardwaj, CGSC with Ms. Neha Mishra, GP with Ms. Ananya Shamshery and Mr. Vijay Misra, Advs Mr. Vinod Sawant, Law Officer, Mr. Ajay Pal, A/C Law and Insp. Athurv, CRPF CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL

1. The present petition has been filed for seeking quashing of medical reports of the Detailed Medical Examination dated 22.10.2025 and the Review Medical Examination dated 24.10.2025, which was carried out as part of the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination 2024 and 2025 [‘L.D.C.E. 2024-2025’] for appointment to the post of Assistant Commandant (General Duty) whereby the Petitioner has been declared as medically unfit by the Respondents on the sole ground of Iris pigmentation in capsule of lens in right eye.

1.1. The Petitioner also seeks leave to appear for a fresh medical examination before an independent board in consonance with the Detailed Medical Guidelines vide OM dated 20.05.2015 read with guidelines for Review Medical Board as provided under OM dated 31.05.2021 and if found fit, then his candidature should be restored for further consideration for promotion to the post of Assistant Commandant against the vacancies notified in that regard.

2. The case set up by the learned counsel for the Petitioner in the petition is as follows:

2.1 Petitioner was recruited on 23.04.2018 is serving personnel of the Sashastra Seema Bal [‘SSB’] currently at the rank of Sub-Inspector (general duty). He was posted to Sector Headquarter, SSB, Gangtok w.e.f.

05.07.2024, where he remains posted till date.

2.2 In February 2025, Respondents issued a Notification for filing up vacancies in the post of Assistant Commandant (General Duty) in Border Security Force [‘BSF’], Central Reserve Police Force [‘CRPF’], Indo- Tibetan Border Police Force [‘ITBP’] and SSB by way of the L.D.C.E. 2024-2025. The L.D.C.E. 2024-2025 consists of 5 stages which is mentioned at paragraph ‘5’ of the petition.

2.3 Petitioner being eligible for the said examination, applied for candidature, and was duly accepted and he was issued with an admit card and assigned the Roll No. 22320226.

2.4 Petitioner appeared for the written examination and vide results dated 18.09.2025 the Petitioner was declared as passed. Subsequently, Petitioner appeared for Physical Standard Test [‘PST’] and Physical Eligibility Test [‘PET’] wherein again he had passed. He also appeared for interview which was conducted on 15.09.2025.

2.5 In the next stage, that is the Detailed Medical Examination [‘DME’] held at Referral Hospital, ITBP, Greater Noida on 21.10.2025 Petitioner was rejected on two grounds, (i) Surgical Scar left inguinal region (left Varicocele operated) and (ii) cluster of cells in anterior capsule of the lens of the right eye.

Thereafter, Petitioner applied for a Review Medical Examination [‘RME’] which was conducted on 23.10.2025 wherein the Petitioner was again held as unfit on the ‘sole’ ground of Iris pigment present over lens capsule in the right eye but vision is 6/6 in the right eye.

Hence, on account of being declared unfit in the RME, Petitioner was disqualified from LDCE 2024-2025.

2.6 Aggrieved by the aforementioned medical reports, Petitioner underwent detailed eye tests in Dr. Rajendra Prasad Eye Centre, AIIMS wherein vide medical report dated 25.10.2025, the Senior Resident Doctor opined that Iris pigments are an incidental finding, without any pathology in right eye. If further recorded that the Petitioner was fit for duty in CAPFs.

2.7 It is stated that Petitioner again got his eyes medically examined in Central Referral Hospital, Sikkim Manipal University, wherein a detailed examination of different parts of ey