ANJANI KUMAR MISHRA Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) RAKESH Tiwari, J. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the record.

(2.) THE petitioner applied for the post of Constables in C. R. P. F. in August, 2002. He received call letter for medical examination/physical fitness and was found fit. After being declared fit for service he was permitted to appear in the written examination. In the physical fitness examination his height was measured as 171 cm. THE petitioner qualified in the written examination also. THEreafter he was directed to appear before the Medical Board on 9-2-2003. His candidature was rejected by the Medical Board on physical examination on the ground that his height is 169. 6 cm which is less than the standard prescribed height.

(3.) THE counsel for the petitioner states that physical fitness examination of the next batch is being carried out in C. R. P. F. Purana Hawai Adda Pandila, Allahabad before respondent No. 5. In the aforesaid circumstances, respondent No. 5 is directed to re-examine the petitioner's height and if he is up to the standard measurement, respondents shall pass orders in accordance with law and also dispose of the representation of the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of his medical examination.