EX CADET JAI SWARUP WAL vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 19430/2025 EX CADET JAI SWARUP WAL .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Shruti Rawat, Mr. Prashant Negi and Mr. Mohd Afjal Khan, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Dr. Vijendra Singh Mahndiyan, CGSC with Mr. Vikrant Goel, Advocate for R-1 to 4. Ms. Anjali Vohra, Advocate for R-5. Ms. Shambhavi Sharma, Government Pleader with Ms. Avantika Pandey, Ms. Vanshika Arora and Mr. Ayush, Advocates. Major Anish Muralidhar for the Army. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA ORDER (ORAL) % 22.12.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. CM APPL. 81036/2025 (Exemption) 1. Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 19430/2025 & CM APPL. 81035/2025 (Directions) 3. Dr. Vijendra Singh Mahndiyan, learned CGSC who appears for the Union of India, submits that this writ petition is vitiated by inordinate delay and latches, inasmuch as the petitioner was boarded out from service in 1967 and has preferred this writ petition in 2025. 4. We are conscious of the fact that, in Union of India v. Tarsem Singh1, the Supreme Court has held that, in cases of pensi