K Rajasekhara Reddy, a resident of Hyderabad, Telangana, had cleared the civil services examination of 2014, but was placed in the “provisionally ineligible” category as a body mass index (BMI) of 32 against the permissible limit of 30 in the medical examination. were shown. had come to the fore.
Eight years later, Reddy is now relieved by the Supreme Court, which took into account that this was his fifth and last chance in the civil services, and, in exercise of his powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, directed that be considered for them. appointment, a re-medical examination as he was found “medically fit for all services”.
“In the given circumstances, this Court, in the exercise of its full power under Article 142 of the Constitution, to do full justice, considers it appropriate to direct that the appellant, on the basis of the medical fitness report, again— may be considered for appointment as per appointment in the Consolidated Reserve List of 2014, which was originally published on January 19, 2016, subject to police verification, with all notional benefits including seniority, pay scale and other consequential benefits, But not the actual salary for the period for which he has not worked within a period of four weeks from today,” a bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Vikram Nath ruled on Tuesday.
Article 142 empowers the Supreme Court to pass orders to do complete justice in any matter.
The decision came on the Centre’s appeal, challenging the April 6, 2021 order of the state high court ordering medical re-examination.
The medical examination was done on 3 June 2015 and the result was uploaded on the official website on 17 June 2015.
The CSE (Main) 2014 result was declared in July 2015, recommending 1,236 candidates in order of merit for appointment to the various All India Services for Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ posts. Although Reddy’s name was not there, his name was there in the consolidated reserve list published in January 2016.
On 10 March 2016, Reddy made a representation requesting that he is now medically fit and ready to undergo a fresh medical examination, but this was not allowed by the competent authority, following which he approached the Central Administrative Tribunal. contacted. Contacted who refused to give. Any relief citing the rule that medical re-examination should not exceed six months.
However, the HC had concluded that he had applied within six months of his name appearing in the list for the first time in January 2016. It directed the officials to conduct the re-medical examination.