EX CONSTABLE SAILESH SHARMA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 5143/2016 EX CONSTABLE SAILESH SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC with Mr. Vinay Kumar Shukla, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 16.07.2025 AJAY DIGPAUL, J. 1. Through the medium of instant petition, the petitioner has called in question the dismissal order dated 14.08.2012 passed by the respondents on grounds of absence without leave, as also the order dated 22.08.2015 rejecting the statutory appeal. The petitioner further seeks a direction to the respondents to reinstate him in service with all consequential benefits, by treating the period of absence and dismissal as having been spent on duty. 2. The factual backdrop leading to the filing of this petition is that 2008. Upon completion of Basic Recruit Training at RTC, Bhondsi under 25 Battalion, BSF, he was posted to 7th Battalion, BSF, where he joined on 22.04.2010. 3. Thereafter, the petitioner was detailed for participation in the DG’s Farewell Parade/ BSF Raising Day Parade and was accordingly sent to