Lalu Prasad Yadav v. Union Of India And ORS.

19th March, 2026 Item no.D/L 07 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 2470 of 2026 In the matter of :

Lalu Prasad Yadav .... Petitioner VS.

Union of India & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Ujjal Ray Mr. Sk. Abdur Rahim ....Advocates For the Union of India:

Mr. Kousik Dey Mr. Pradip Paul ....Advocates

1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record.

2. The petitioner participated for recruitment as Constable-GD in Central Armed Police Forces, SSF, Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles and Sepoy in Narcotics Control Bureau Examination 2025.

3. He has been declared medically unfit by the Detailed Medical Examination Board due to High Blood Pressure and Cubitus Valgus, Rt.22°, Lt. 20°. The Review Medical Examination Board found the petitioner to be unfit due to Hypertension and Cubitus Valgus Rt..

4. The findings of the Detailed Medical Examination Board were reiterated by the Review Medical Examination Board.

5. The petitioner is aggrieved by the manner in which he has been medically examined by the Detailed Medical Examination Board and the Review Medical Examination Board.

6. Prayer has been made to reevaluate and reexamine the physical fitness of the petitioner by an independent medical board.

7. Submission of the petitioner is opposed by the learned advocate representing the respondents.

8. As per the Recruitment Rules, the decision of the Review Medical Board is final and no appeal can be entertained.

9. As it appears that the expert doctors of the recruiting authority detected the aforementioned defects in the petitioner which are grounds for disqualification of candidature, accordingly, the Court is not inclined to interfere with the said findings.

10. As the petitioner participated for recruitment in the Central Armed Police Force, the medical certificate relied upon by the petitioner obtained from the State Government Hospital in support of the submission that he does not suffer from any such defect, cannot be accepted.

11. The standard of fitness of a civilian is not the same as required in the armed forces where strict and stringent methods to assess physical fitness are resorted to.

12. In view of the above, no relief can be granted to the petitioner in the instant writ petition. The writ petition fails and is hereby dismissed.

13. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

14. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)