Tanuja vs DELHI POLICE on 5 November 2026

1. Union of India Through the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi-110001

2. Staff Selection Commission Through its Chairman, Block No. 12, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003.

3. Commissioner of Police Delhi Police, Police Headquarters, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001.

4. Deputy Commissioner of Police Recruitment Cell, Delhi Police, New Police Lines, Kingsway Camp, Delhi- 110009

…Respondents

(By Advocate: Mr. Prashant Karan)

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ORDER (ORAL)

By Hon’ble Dr. Anand S Khati, Member (A)

In the present Original Application filed under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, the applicant seeks the following reliefs: “8.1To quash and set aside the impugned rejection slip/report whereby the applicant was declared unsuccessful/disqualified at PE&MT on the alleged ground of inadequate height on 19.8.2026 (copy never supplied thus not annexed); 8.2 To direct the respondents to produce before this Hon'ble Tribunal the original PE&MT/physical measurement record, measurement sheet, medical report and rejection slip, if any, pertaining to the applicant's alleged disqualification on the ground of height; 8.3 To direct the respondents to subject the applicant to fresh and independent re-measurement/re-examination of height by a duly constituted Government Medical Board, preferably at an independent Government Hospital, if the applicant is found to satisfy the applicable height standard, direct the respondents to permit her to participate in further/remaining stages of the selection process and consider her candidature for appointment in accordance with her CBE merit and applicable category- wise vacancies with all consequential benefits including seniority & promotion and pay & allowances; Or/and 8.4 Pass any other order(s) which this Hon'ble Tribunal may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.”

3. The applicant appeared in the Constable (Executive) Male and Female, Delhi Police Examination, 2025, wherein she was disqualified on the ground of not meeting the prescribed minimum height requirement of 157 cm. Her height was recorded as 156.1 cm during the initial measurement and 156.4 cm SNEHA MEENA

during re-measurement/appeal conducted on the same day.

4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that she had undergone an examination at Sub-Divisional Civil Hospital, Kharkhoda, District Sonipat, Haryana, where her height was recorded as 157 cm in the OPD Health Care Card, demonstrating that she meets the prescribed height criterion.

5. Learned counsel for the applicant further draws our attention to the order dated 12.10.2026 passed by this Tribunal in O.A. No. 3989/2026, titled Naresh Kumar v. SSC and Ors., wherein similar relief was granted.

6. Issue notice. Mr. Prashant Karan, learned counsel, appears and accepts notice on behalf of the respondent. He seeks some time to obtain appropriate instructions in the matter.

7. Having heard the parties and perused the pleadings available on record, we are of the view that the ends of justice would be met if the respondents are directed to get the height of the applicant measured afresh, strictly in accordance with the rules and SNEHA MEENA

instructions governing the subject and following the methodology adopted for measuring the height of other candidates appearing for selection to the post of Constable (Executive) Male and Female, Delhi Police. Ordered accordingly. The said measurement shall be conducted at an appropriate institution to be decided by the respondents, in accordance with the applicable rules and instructions on the subject.

8. Subject to the outcome of the fresh measurement, necessary consequential action with respect to the applicant’s participation or otherwise in the Physical Endurance and Measurement Test (PE&MT) shall also be taken within one week thereafter. In the event the applicant is permitted to participate in the PE&MT and is successful therein, she shall be entitled to appointment, subject to fulfilment of all other requisite eligibility conditions. These directions shall be complied with positively within three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. However, if the applicant is found to have met the prescribed height criteria, the respondents shall proceed further in accordance with law.

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9. The O.A. stands disposed of in terms of the aforesaid directions. Pending M.As., if any, also stand disposed of accordingly. There shall be no order as to costs.

(Dr. Anand S Khati) (Manish Garg) Member (A)

Member (J)

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