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The petitioner preferred an appeal against the order, however, he was again declared unfit by the review medical board vide the impugned order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court perused the guidelines approved by the \u201cMinistry of Home Affairs\u201d for conducting the medical examination tests for recruitment of GOs and NGOs in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFS) and Assam Rifles (AR) and observed that the candidates to review medical examination cannot be rejected only on clinical findings and such clinical reports should be supported by corroboratory investigation reports and if needed opinion of specialists\/super specialists of government hospitals\/medical colleges\/government approved medical centres should also be taken into account.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The High Court held that the respondent had not followed the guidelines strictly and the review medical report was not supported by a proper investigation. 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