IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1930 of 2009 Date of Decision: February 06, 2009 Pritam Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Union of India & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. S.S. Pathania, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This civil writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to allow the petitioner to join ACC-98 Course being run at IMA Dehradun. It has been brought out that the petitioner joined the Army as a Sepoy Clerk on 10.1.2003. The petitioner appeared before Service Selection Board, Bhopal for selection as a cadet for undergoing training course at Dehradun. The petitioner was selected and was placed at Serial No.41 in merit list on 13.11.2008. However, the petitioner was detected with ‘Ectopic Right Kidney’ CWP No.1930 of 2009 [2] and therefore was declared unfit on 14.11.2008. The petitioner appeared before the Appellate Medical Board held at Command Hospital, Chandimandir and was declared unfit with disability for the same reason as given out above, on 26.12.2008. Review Medical Board of the petitioner was held at Army Hospital (R & R), Delhi Cantt. Learned counsel states that the result of the Review Medical Board has not been conveyed to the petitioner. Other candidates placed in the merit list have received joining instructions. The petitioner has been approaching the authorities, however, neither the outcome of Review Medical Board is being conveyed nor instructions have been given to the petitioner to join the course that started in January 2009. Considering the nature of controversy, it is directed that the Review Medical Board held at Army Hospital (R & R), New Delhi, shall convey the decision to the petitioner within 30 days of receipt of a copy of this order. In case the petitioner is aggrieved, it would be open for him to approach the authorities or take legal remedies as advised. (AJAI LAMBA) February 06, 2009 JUDGE avin