(1) Where a Commanding Officer not below the rank of Commandant is satisfied that a subordinate officer or an enrolled person is unable to perform his duties by reason of any physical disability, he may direct that the said subordinate officer or enrolled person, as the case may be, be brought before a medical board.
(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 said subordinate officer or the enrolled person is found by the medical board to be unfit for further service in the Force, as the case may be, the authority as specified in rule 18, if he agrees with the finding of the medical board, communicate to the said person the findings of the medical board and thereupon, within a period of thrity days of such communication, the person may make a representation against it to the competent authority supported by a prima-facie evidence of error of judgement in the opinion expressed by the medical board and such an evidence shall be from a government doctor not below the status of Civil Surgeon and shall contain specific mention that he has taken into consideration the findings of the medical board before giving his opinion.
(4) Where the person declared to be unfit for further service makes a representation under sub-rule (3), the same shall be forwarded to the next superior officer, who shall have the case referred to be reviewed by a fresh medical board, which shall be constituted in such manner as may from time to time, be laid down by the Director-General.
The superior officer may, having regard to the findings of the fresh medical board, pass such order as he may deem fit.
(5) Where no representation is made against the decision of the medical board under sub-rule (3), the authority as specified in rule 18, as the case may be, may (if he agrees with the findings of the medical board) order the retirement or discharge of person declared to be unfit for further service in the Force.