In Brief
The respondent-applicant qualified in the Civil Services Examination 2014 but was declared temporarily unfit in medical examination due to high BMI. He sought re-medical examination eight months later (beyond the six-month limit under CSE Rules). The High Court granted relief by interpreting 'ordinarily' in the rules as permissible ground for relaxation. The Supreme Court clarified that 'ordinarily' read with 'maximum' fixes a strict six-month outer limit, however, under Article 142's plenary power and given special circumstances (it was his fifth and final attempt; procedural change may have caused confusion), the Court ordered re-examination. Finding him medically fit, the Court directed his appointment with notional benefits based on original reserve list placement, subject to police verification and excluding actual salary for periods not worked.
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