VIKRAM SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~68 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 12.02.2025 + W.P.(C) 1455/2025 & CM APPL. 7083/2025 VIKRAM SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Dr. V. S. Mehndiyan, CGSC with Mr. Kapil Dev Yadav and Mr. Harsh Dhaka, Advs. for R- 1 to 3. 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 the following reliefs:- “i. Issue a Writ of Certiorari for quashing of or setting aside of the HR policy dated 15.12.2022 to the extent that clause 5 is arbitrary, unreasonable and discriminatory as it categorises similarly situated personnel by two different yardsticks by discharging only those airmen who are in their last year of their residual service, i.e. 19 years contrary to the provisions of the Air Force Act, 1950 and for quashing of the remarks endorsed on 28.08.2024 in the application dated 23.08.2024 and endorsed on 20.12.2024 in the application dated 19.12.2024 and also for quashing of the letters dated 11.09.2024 and Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 1455/2025 Page 1 of 5 By:NEELAM Signing Date:13.02.2025 20:11:30 24.12.2024 whereby the Respondents/Air Force have rejected the request of the Petitioner to grant NoC as well as discharge certificate; and ii. Issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents/Air Force to issue NoC/Discharge Certificate from the post of Sergeant so as to allow him to join the post for which he has been selected, i.e. Assistant Professor (Hindi) and also grant the same relief as has been granted by this Hon’ble Court in catena of judgments on the issue and affirmed by the Hon’ble Apex Court; and iii. Pass any such orders as the Hon’b