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2. The petitioner Faizan Siddiqui assails the rejection of her candidature for the post of Constable (General Duty) Female in the Sashastra Seema Bal (`SSB' hereafter) on grounds of medical unfitness by a medical examination conducted on 3 rd February, 2008 and the review medical board conducted on 25 th April, 2008.

3. The SSB had published an advertisement in the Employment News dated 24-30th November, 2007, also uploaded on the SSB website, inviting applications for appointment to 128 vacancies for the post of Constable (GD) Female to be filled from the UP State.

I am contactable for any clarifications or help in her matter."

(Emphasis supplied)

8. It would appear that under medical advise of the experts at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, the petitioner is required to take female hormone replacement therapy by a daily oral tablet. The petitioner has placed before us a description of Hormone Replacement Therapy ('HRT' hereafter) and a copy of prescription of Dr. V. Bhatia dated 19 th August, 2009 which show that the petitioner is taking 0.025 mg of the medication Lynoral every day. Lynoral is stated to be a birth control pill which is prescribed to minimize the risk of future ostrom.

9. The petitioner is thus stated to have been suffering from a hormonal anomaly which is described as a 'Disorder of Sexual Differentiation' (`DSD' hereafter). The surgical procedure undergone by the petitioner of removal of testes is described as a 'gonadectomy'.

10. As part of the selection process, on 3rd February, 2008 more than five years after being operated, the petitioner underwent the W.P.(C) No.7208/2008 page 4 of 58 medical examination as part of the selection process. She was informed that she had been declared medically unfit and her candidature was rejected without disclosing any grounds to her. The record of the medical examination conducted on 3rd February, 2008 placed before us discloses that the petitioner was declared medically unfit due to "congenital anomaly & psuedo hermaphrodism" by the Recruitment Medical Board.

35. The petitioner‟s treating specialist has stated that the petitioner is having "Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome"

('CAIS' hereafter). This is explained in medical literature which points out that normally the child growing inside the mother develops as a female child. The presence of the chromosome Y (present in the genetic male child) causes the formation and release of certain hormones and substances that help the growing child to develop into a male child.