(1) Where an officer not below the rank of Additional Deputy Inspector General considers that an officer of the Force is unfit to perform his duties because of his physical condition, the officer shall be brought before a medical board.
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(2) The medical board shall consist of such officers and shall be constituted in such manner as may, from time to time, be laid down by the Director General.
(3) Where the medical board considers the officer to be unfit for service the Central Government shall, if it agrees with the findings of the Medical Board, communicate to the said officer the findings of the medical board and thereupon, within a period of thirty days of such communication, the officer may make a representation against it to the Central Government supported by a prima-facie evidence of error of judgment in the opinion expressed by the medical board. Such an evidence should be from a government doctor not below the status of civil surgeon and should contain specific mention that he has taken into consideration the finding of the medical board before giving his opinion.
(4) The Central Government may, on receiving the representation from the officer, refer the case to be reviewed by a fresh medical board constituted for the purpose and order the retirement/discharge/release of the said officer if the decision of the fresh medical board is adverse to him.