Mukul v. Indian Coast Guard & ORS.

$~102 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 13.01.2026 + W.P.(C) 419/2026 & CM APPL. 1967/2026 MUKUL .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Abhinay Sharma, Ms. Kirti Vyas and Ms. Parul Khurana, Advs.

versus INDIAN COAST GUARD & ORS.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Shoumendu Mukhrji, SPC, Mr.

Aniruddha Ghosh and Ms. Archana Mishra, GP.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA V. KAMESWAR RAO, J. (ORAL) 1.

This petition has been filed with the following prayers:- "a) Issue an appropriate writ, order, or direction setting aside/holding the declaration of the Petitioner as "unfit" vide the Impugned Result Sheet dated 23.10.2025 (Annexure - P2 "Colly") as arbitrary and violative of Articles 14, 16, and 21 of the Constitution of India, 1950;

b) Consequentially, issue an appropriate writ, order, or direction directing the Respondents to induct the Petitioner directly to Stage-IV of the ongoing recruitment process for Batch 01/2026;

c) In the alternative to prayer (b), direct the Respondents to facilitate the establishment of a new Medical Board at the Army Hospital (R&R), New Delhi to conduct a fresh medical W.P.(C) 419/2026 Page 1 of 3

examination of the Petitioner;

d) Allow the present Writ Petition with exemplary compensation, costs, and litigation expenses in favour of the Petitioner; and/or e) Pass any such other/s as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice and in favour of the Petitioner."

2.

We find that the petitioner had applied for recruitment to the post of Navik (Domestic Branch) for 02/2025 Batch. The petitioner vide result sheet dated 23.10.2025, of stage Stage-III was found unfit due to Pilonidal Sirnus. 3.

Mr. Abhinay Sharma the learned counsel for the petitioner sumbits that the petitioner has got himself examined at Sachkhand Hospital, Neemrana (Alwar), AIIMS and VMMC & Safdarjung Hospitals, New Delhi, and according to the opinions of the doctors in those hospitals, the petitioner have a healed scar over the right iliac fossa with no pain, discharge, hernia, muscle defect, or evidence of Pilonidal Sinus and no intervention is required.

4.

He submits that, as a prudent measure, the petitioner had applied for Navik (Domestic Branch) for 01/2026 Batch also he states that the petitioner shall be satisfied. He also states that, on 10.06.2025, the petitioner was found 'fit' as per Armed Forces Medical Standards during the Stage-II Initial Medical Examination conducted by the respondent No. 1, for 02/2025 Batch.

5.

Noting the said submissions, in the facts of this case, appropriate shall be for the respondent no.1 to re-examine case of the petitioner, by taking the opinion of the doctors into consideration; medical examination carried out for Batch no.02/2025 (Stage-II) and also the medical opinion given the W.P.(C) 419/2026 Page 2 of 3

Sachkhand Hospital, Neemrana (Alwar), AIIMS and VMMC & Safdarjung Hospitals, New Delhi and then take decision in accordance with law. This exercise shall be carried out within six weeks as an outer limit. 6.

In view of the above, the petition along with pending application are disposed of.

V. KAMESWAR RAO, J MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J JANUARY 13, 2026 rk W.P.(C) 419/2026 Page 3 of 3