COL JG MANHAS vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

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$~77 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 10.02.2025 + W.P.(C) 1623/2025 COL JG MANHAS .....Petitioner Through: Adv. (appearance not given) versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nitinjya Chaudhry, SPC with Ms. Vidhi Gupta, Mr. Rahul Mourya, Advs. Col. Sarika, Major Tarun Pillai & Major Anish Muralidhar. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR NAVIN CHAWLA, J (ORAL) CM APPL. 7907/2025 1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 1623/2025 & CM APPL. 7906/2025 3. This petition has been filed by the petitioner praying for the following reliefs: a. To issue a writ of Certiorari, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing and setting aside impugned Interim Confidential Report for the period 01 Sep 2015 to 26 Dec 2015 (not held with the Petitioner), Annexure No.P-5 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 1623/2025 Page 1 of 4 By:NEELAM Signing Date:13.02.2025 17:57:48 dt.14.08.2018, Annexure No.P-7 dt.20.02.2020, Annexure No.P-11 dt. 23.11.2022, Annexure No.P-14 dt. 04.03.2024 and its effect in No.2 Selection Boards stated supra, with all consequential service benefits at his original seniority. b. To issue a writ of Mandamus, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to consider the petitioner by the Special Review (fresh) Selection Board No.2, with all consequential service benefits, uninfluenced with the impugned CRs by excluding it and orders as contained in Annexure mentioned in Para A supra, as if it is non-est. 4. Annexure P-7, which is being challenged before us, is the Order dated 20.02.2020 passed by the learned Armed Forces Tribunal (‘Tribunal’), Principal Bench, New Delhi in Original Application