GAHC010093582026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : WP(C)/2559/2026 ARMC 6000036Y COMMANDANT SHYAM SUNDAR SHAH S/O SRI BISHNU PRASAD SHAH PRESENTLY SERVING AT HEAD QUARTER INSPECTOR GENERAL ASSAM RIFLES (EAST) C/O 99APO VERSUS THE UNION OF INDIA AND 3 ORS.

REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY THE GOVT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, NEW DELHI 2:THE DIRECTOR GENERAL ASSAM RIFLES DIRECTORATE GENERAL ASSAM RIFLES SHILLONG MEGHALAYA PIN-793011

3:THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ASSAM RIFLES (EAST) HEADQUARTER IGAR (EAST) SRIKONA DIST CACHAR ASSAM C/O 99APO

4:THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL DIRECTOR (MEDICAL)

HEAD QUARTER DIRECTORATE GENERAL ASSAM RIFLES SHILLONG MEGHALAY Advocate for the Petitioner : MR V KUMAR, MS M TIWARI,MR B PATHAK Advocate for the Respondent : DY.S.G.I., BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOUMITRA SAIKIA

ORDER

18.05.2026 Heard Mr. B Pathak, learned counsel for the petitioner.

The petitioner is employed as a Doctor in the Assam Rifles and had suffered ankle injury in the right ankle which required implant and as a consequence thereof, he was not considered medically suitable for posting in hilly terrain. On the basis of the