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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 30.05.2025
DELHI POLICE & ORS. .....Petitioners
Through: Ms.Pratima N. Lakra, CGSC
Mr.Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Advs.
Through: Nemo.
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL)
JUDGMENT
1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. CM APPLs. 36130-31/2025 (Exemption)
2. This petition has been filed by the petitioners, challenging the Order dated 07.03.2025, passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Tribunal’), in O.A. No. 601/2025, titled Neeraj Kumari v. Delhi Police and Ors., whereby the said O.A. filed by the respondent herein W.P.(C) 8311/2025 & CM APPL. 36129/2025 was allowed with the following directions:-
3. In the present case, the respondent was offered a Compassionate Appointment due to the unfortunate demise of her husband, Late HC (Exe.) Surender Singh, on 19.10.2021. However, during the medical examination, she was declared medically ‘unfit’ for appointment as her haemoglobin level was found to be low. Subsequently, she got herself tested at Dr.Lal Path Labs and also at Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, Delhi, where her haemoglobin level was found to be within the normal range.
4. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner is correct in her submission that generally the Court should not interfere with the concurrent findings of the Detailed Medical Board and the Review Medical Board, in the present case, as the respondent was seeking a Compassionate Appointment, we, in the exercise of our powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, would not like to interfere with the directions passed by the learned Tribunal.
5. We further clarify that our present order should not be treated as a precedent for other cases.
6. The petition along with the pending application is, accordingly, dismissed.
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