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4. The petitioner thereafter applied for a Review Medical Board (in short, 'RMB'), which also declared the petitioner as medically unfit for appointment on account of 'Multiple keloid in Central area of chest and single keloid right scapular area'.

5. Aggrieved of the above declarations, the petitioner has filed the present petition.

6. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the declaration of the petitioner as 'unfit' for appointment is not in accordance with the 'Uniform Guidelines for Recruitment Medical Examination in CAPFs and Assam Rifles: Revised Guidelines as on May 2015' (hereinafter referred to as the 'Medical Guidelines'). Drawing reference to Clause XII of the DME prescribed in the Medical Guidelines, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that mere presence of keloids is not a disqualification in terms of the Medical Guidelines; it is only where the tendency of keloid is marked or interferes with the proper wearing of combatised equipment that the candidate can be disqualified from appointment. He submits that in the present case, the RMB did not observe that the keloid formation on the petitioner has a tendency of interfering with the proper wearing of combatised equipment and therefore, cannot be used as a ground to disqualify the petitioner.

Regarding keloid it is also submitted that keloid have tendency to show in other body parts if person have develop keloid specially those have multiple keloid it called keloid tendency.
Keloid causes pain, itch or tenderness. Person having multiple keloid have keloid tendency also. Multiple keloids will cause itching and pain during training/OPS duty/specially hot and humid and sweat condition specially with putting uniform and bullet proof jacket by friction for long time.
Regarding keloid it is also submitted that keloid have tendency to show in other body parts if person have develop keloid specially those have multiple keloid it called keloid tendency.
Keloid causes pain, itch or tenderness. Person having multiple keloid have keloid tendency also. Multiple keloids will cause itching and pain during training/OPS duty/specially hot and humid and sweat condition specially with putting uniform and bullet proof jacket by friction for long time.

11. We have considered the submissions made by the learned counsels for the parties.

12. The finding of the RMB Board finding the petitioner to be suffering from 'Multiple keloid in Central area of chest and single keloid right scapular area' has not been disputed before us by the petitioner.

13. The primary contention of the petitioner is that in terms of Para 9 of the Medical Guidelines, the mere presence of keloids could not have resulted in the petitioner's disqualification; the finding should also have been whether the same would cause interference with the proper wearing of combatised equipment, which is absent in the report of the RMB. We, however, do not find merit in the same. The medical opinion given by Dr. Rajnish Ranjan during the course of the oral hearing today and in his written opinion as also the written opinion of Dr. Sanjoy Ranjan clearly state that the keloids in the case of the petitioner can cause itching, which can be dangerous not only for the petitioner but also for the other officers at the time of any operation. We have no reason to doubt the above observations of the qualified doctors. Dr. Ranjan has also placed before us the opinion of the specialists, whose opinion was sought at the time of the petitioner's RMB. Though it is correct that the RMB should have clearly recorded in its Report that Keloids suffered by the petitioner are likely to interfere with his wearing combatised uniform, however, in the face of the opinion now given and explained, this would be an omission which cannot invalidate the RMB proceedings or caste a doubt thereon. It must be remembered that the doctors conducting RMB are not men of law who would appreciate the significance of the exactitude of language to be used in giving their opinion.