LAWS(SC)-2026-7-28

UNION OF INDIA Vs. BALI RAM NO.850808321

Decided On July 13, 2026
UNION OF INDIA Appellant
V/S
Bali Ram No.850808321 Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE APPEAL : We are called upon to examine in this appeal by special leave preferred by the Union of India, the Director General, Central Reserve Police Force [CRPF] and two other officers [appellants] of the CRPF, the legality and correctness of the judgment and order dtd. 23/12/2014 [impugned judgment] of a Division Bench of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh [High Court] dismissing the appellants' intra-court appeal [Letters Patent Appeal No. 25 of 2009 [LPA]], which was laid by them to challenge the judgment and order of a Single Judge dtd. 11/8/2008 allowing the respondent's writ petition [Civil Writ Petition No. 1371 of 2005] directing that he be reinstated in service with all consequential benefits.

(2.) The facts are simple and undisputed.

(3.) Respondent was enrolled in the CRPF as a Constable (Driver) in 1985, upon being found medically fit at the material time. He continued in service until 1996, when he developed an ophthalmic condition. A medical examination conducted at the Government Hospital, Jammu, revealed that the respondent was suffering from Disseminated Choroiditis and Retinal Atrophic Patches with Macular Involvement, resulting in complete blindness in the left eye and partial impairment of vision in the right eye.