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SANJEEV SACHDEVA, J. (ORAL)

1. Petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to re-appoint the petitioner with full seniority, promotion & back wages. Alternatively, petitioner seeks grant of invalid pension or any other pension to rehabilitate the petitioner.

2. Petitioner was appointed as Constable (GD) on 26.04.2010. Petitioner has been boarded out vide letter dated 18.08.2017 on the ground that he was suffering from 'Paranoid Schizophrenia with secondary depression with 80% disability'. Petitioner was categorized as Shape-5 (P) and declared unfit for service as a combatant in Armed Forces.

9. In the instant case, the record of the Medical Invalidation Board has been produced. Reference may be had to the history of the ailment as recorded by the Board. The Board has recorded as under:

"Belongs to Jaipur District of Rajasthan, 2nd rank in the family of 4 sons; studied upto 12th standard; Enlisted in CRPF in 2010 at Ajmer; under went basic training at RTC Neemuch; Married in 2011; Arranged marriage; wife illiterate; House wife; Having one son; H/o Tobacco chewing; Not an alcoholic; Not a smoker; To start with the individual when going on OPS duty at Chattisgarh in 2015, witnessed IED blast, where one young girl was burnt alive during the blast. After seeing that, he become mentally upset; During 13/09/2016, when individual was going on leave, he become unconscious near New Delhi Railway station and was taken to CH, New Delhi where he was admitted w.e.f. 14/09/2016 to 10/10/2016. Diagnosed as Paranoid Schizophrenia and treated with anti- psychotics. He had the symptoms of suspicious about other, that they are trying to kill him, negative thinking, does not want to go home or duty and hearing of voices. H/o absconding from home once and from cH New Delhi once. He was referred to psychiatry OPD RML Hospital New Delhi New Delhi on 23/09/2016 and 26/09/2016 with the H/o suicidal tendency, sleep disturbance. Now on regular antipsychotic medication Olanzepine 5 mg, Aripiprazole 15 mg, Escitalopram 10 mg OD, Mirnite 15 mg HS, Propronol 40 mg OD, Pacitane 2 mg, Lonazep 0.5 mg BD. C/O occasional hearing of voices, feeling of smell of burnt meat."

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10. The Medical Board has noticed that the petitioner witnessed an IED blast where one year girl was burnt alive during the blast and after seeing that he became mentally upset. The petitioner has been diagnosed as Paranoid Schizophrenia. The Board has also recorded that the petitioner is a case of occasional hearing of voices, feeling of smell of burnt meat which all goes to indicate that the ailment suffered by the petitioner is on account of witnessing the IED blast where one year young girl was burnt alive during the blast. The Medical Board has also opined that the percentage of the disability of the petitioner is 80% (severe disability) and has been declared unfit for service as a combatant in Armed Forces.