1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT J O D H P U R ::: O R D E R Devendra Singh v. Union of India & ors. S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.10010 OF 2008 Date of Order: 09th January, 2009 ::: P R E S E N T HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOVIND MATHUR Mr Arjun Purohit, for the petitioner ::: BY THE COURT In pursuance to advertisement bearing No.1/09, petitioner faced the process of selection to be recruited as Senior Secondary Recruit, however, his candidature was rejected being not found medically fit. A statutory appeal was also availed ;by the petitioner and that too came to be rejected. After rejection of the appeal, petitioner got himself medically examined by Dr KN Tiwari, Junior Specialist (Ear, Nose & Throat), Babu Ram Bahadur Memorial Hospital, Bharatpur and he declared him a person fit. 2 Contention of the petitioner is that the Medical Board of the Indian Navy while considering his candidature for recruitment as Senior Secondary Recruit committed error and preference is required to be given to the opinion given by a senior Medical Practitioner. The petitioner has given challenge to condition prescribed in the procedure for selection that the opinion given by any other medical practitioner except experts of Military Hospital shall not be accepted. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner was examined by an Expert Committee of Doctors working in Military Hospital. His appeal was also considered by the experts and as such, I do not find any reason to interfere with that. Relevant to note that no allegation of malafides or extraneous consideration against the Committee of experts is made. A senior medical practitioner may have given an opinion contrary to experts of Military Hospital but that view is not at all relevant. Experts of Military Hospital are better aware of criteria and needs required to enroll a person in a force as Senior Secondary Recruit. The condition prescribed that no other opinion except opinion given by experts of Military Hospital shall be accepted, is also having no irrationality as the experts of Military Hospital are better equipped and better aware regarding requirements and needs for members of a Force. 3 For the reasons mentioned above, I do not find any merit in this petition for writ. Accordingly, the same is dismissed. [GOVIND MATHUR],J. mma