Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Court Orders Fresh Height Measurement After CAPF Rejects Candidate
A person applied to become a constable in the Central Armed Police Forces.
Officials said he was 164 centimetres tall.
The job required a height of 165 centimetres.
Because of this one-centimetre difference, his application was rejected.
He appealed the decision on the same day.
However, the appeal papers did not show that officials measured him again.
The Gauhati High Court said his height should be checked again.
Justice Nelson Sailo heard the case.
The Gauhati High Court ordered authorities to re-measure a CAPF constable candidate’s height.
The candidate was rejected after being recorded as 164 cm, one centimetre below the required 165 cm.
He challenged the rejection of his candidature before the court.
The court noted that he had appealed on the same day through the Presiding Officer.
The appeal decision did not show that his height had been measured again.
- Who
- An unnamed CAPF constable candidate, the authorities, and the Gauhati High Court.
- What
- The court ordered the candidate’s height to be measured again after his candidature was rejected for a one-centimetre shortfall.
- When
- The order was issued on August 12.
- Where
- The case was heard by the Gauhati High Court; the recruitment concerned CAPF and Assam Rifles posts.
- Why
- The court found that the candidate’s appeal did not show that his height had been re-measured.
- Court
- Gauhati High Court
- Judge
- Justice Nelson Sailo
- Post
- Constable (general duty) in the CAPF or rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles
- Recorded height
- 164 cm
- Required height
- 165 cm
- Difference
- 1 cm
- Court direction
- Authorities must measure the candidate’s height again