RAMAKRUSHNA SASMAL vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~9 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 21.02.2025 + W.P.(C) 5660/2022 RAMAKRUSHNA SASMAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Himanshu Upadhyaye and Mr. Nishant Bharioke, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Gaurav Sharma, SPC with Mr. Siddhartha Nagpal and Ms. Lipika Chawla, Advs. Sh. Devender Singh, DC/JAG CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR NAVIN CHAWLA, J (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, praying for a direction to the respondents to grant him pro-rata pension from the date of his discharge from the Indian Air Force. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner was enrolled as an Airman in the Indian Air Force on 16.03.1992. He served there for 12 years, 10 months and 18 days, and was kept in the reserve liability list for the period of two years, before his final discharge from service on 03.02.2005. The petitioner claims that subsequent to his discharge, he joined as Junior Telecom Officer (JTO) in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on 16.05.2005. The petitioner claims that in Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 5660/2022 Page 1 of 5 By:NEELAM Signing Date:25.02.2025 17:30:20 terms of the Policy Letter bearing No. 8(3)/86/A/D(Pension/Services) dated 19.02.1987 issued by the Ministry of Defence/Raksha Mantralaya, Government of India/Bharat Sarkar, the petitioner, was entitled to pro-rata pension for the period of his services. The petitioner, in support of his claim, places reliance on the Judgment of this Court in Govind Kumar Srivastava vs Union of India & Ors., 2019 SCC OnLine Del 6425, and in Brijlal Kumar & Ors vs Union Of India, 2020:DHC:3331-DB. 3. The petitioner is aggrieved of the Order dated 16.02.2021 passed by the respo