03 24.04.2026 Court No.18 pg. In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 594 of 2026 Sohelrana Mondal VS. Union of India & Ors. Mr. Arka Mondal … For the petitioner Mr. S.N. Dutta Mr. Anindya Sundar Das … For Union of India 1. The petitioner participated for recruitment as Constable (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces. 2. He has been declared medically unfit by the Detailed Medical Examination Board on various reasons including Brachymetatarsia in the left foot. 3. The petitioner was asked to appear before the Review Medical Examination Board. The Review Medical Examination Board declared the petitioner unfit on the ground of Brachymetatarsia (small size 4th left toe). 4. Thereafter the petitioner got himself medically examined in State Government hospital and obtained a fit certificate in his favour. 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. Page 2 6. Prayer has been made to re-evaluate and re- examine 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. From the documents annexed to the writ petition it appears that the petitioner was declared medically unfit by the Detailed Medical Examination Board affirmed by the Review Medical Examination Board. 9. Brachymetatarsia is a ground for rejection as per guidelines for recruitment medical examination in CAPFs & AR, Revised Guidelines as on May 2015 para no.2 (sub-para no.viii-B) which runs as follows: “B. Foot and ankle. (b) Presence of deformities of the toes (acquired or congenital, including, but not limited to conditions such as hallus valgus, hallus varus, hallus rigidus, claw toe(s), overriding toe(s), (that prevents the proper wearing of combatised footwear or impairs walking, marching, running, or jumping, are disqualifying.” 10. As per the Recruitment Rules, the decision of the Review Medical Examination Board is final and no appeal can be entertained. 11. As it appears that the expert doctors of the recruiting authority detected the aforementioned defects in the petitioner which are grounds for Page 3 disqualification of candidature, accordingly, the Court is not inclined to interfere with the said findings. 12. 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. 13. 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. The suitability of the candidate to function as a member of the Force, has to be left entirely of the expert doctors of the Force to assess the fitness of the candidate. The employer has the right to recruit only the fit candidates. 14. 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. 15. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 16. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)