EX WG CDR SUMAN KUMAR vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

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$~65 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 30.01.2025 + W.P.(C) 1195/2025 EX WG CDR SUMAN KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Dr.Abhay Kant Upadhyay, Mr.Madan Pal Vats, Mr.Naveen Kumar Gautam, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Respondents Through: Mr.Avtaar Singh Deol, SPC, Mr.Jitendra Kr. Tripathi, GP CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (Oral) CM APPL. 5784/2025 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. W.P.(C) 1195/2025 & CM APPL. 5783/2025 2. The petitioner has filed the present petition, challenging the Orders dated 08.05.2024 and 03.07.2024, passed by the learned Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘AFT’), in OA No. 2348/2023, titled EX WG CDR Suman Kumar v. Union of India And Others. 3. The above Original Application has been filed by the petitioner challenging the Order dated 26.04.2023, passed by the respondents, whereby the petitioner has been dismissed from the services. 4. By the Impugned Order dated 08.05.2023, the learned AFT has Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed WP(C) 1195/2025 Page 1 of 2 By:SUNIL Signing Date:04.02.2025 20:19:01 directed that the Original Application filed by the petitioner be listed for final hearing as per seriatim. By the Impugned Order dated 03.07.2024, the application, being M.A.2418/2024, filed by the petitioner for seeking an expeditious hearing of the Original Application, has been dismissed. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner, having been dismissed from the service, is facing an acute financial burden and, therefore, his petition should be taken up out of turn for hearing by the learned AFT. 6. We are afraid that we cannot pass such a direction in