A Bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Girish Kathpalia made the observation while upholding a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) decision to uphold the candidature of one, Deepak Yadav who had applied for a constable post in the Delhi Police.
Yadav had earlier been declared unfit to join the Delhi Police by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) citing a faded tattoo noticed on his right forearm during a medical examination.
The High Court observed that the candidate, at the time, had begun undergoing a tattoo removal procedure.
By the time the matter reached the High Court, the Bench found that in place of the tattoo, there was now a very dim scar visible on the candidate’s forearm.
Sometimes, such types of scars are natural and cannot be ground to cancel Yadav’s candidature, the Court added while upholding the relief earlier extended to him by the CAT.
“We have physically seen the right forearm of the respondent (Yadav) and from the naked eye, the tattoo is not even visible … According to us, there is no clear visible tattoo on the forearm of the respondent. However, in place of the tattoo there is visible very dim scar. Sometimes such types of scars are natural and therefore, the candidates cannot be rejected on that ground,” the Court said.
Presently, the candidate does not have a visible tattoo on his right forearm and is otherwise eligible in all aspects, the Court further observed.
Source: Barandbench
