LT COL VINOD CHANDRA NORKI vs UNION OF INDIA THROUGH & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 10505/2025 and CM APPL. 43614-615/2025 LT COL VINOD CHANDRA NORKI .....Petitioner Through: Mr Indra Sen Singh, Mr Nasir Mohd and Ms Kaberi Sharma versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amit Tiwari, CGSC, Mr. Hussain Taqvi, GP Ms. Ayushi Srivastava, Adv, Mr. Ayush Tanwar, Adv, Ms. Nishtha Dhall, Adv with Major Anish Muralidhar CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 23.07.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This writ petition assails orders dated 14 May 2025 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal1 in OA 1421/2025. 2. The petitioner was commissioned in the Indian Army on 12 June 2010. Based on certain medical tests, which were carried out on him by a Medical Board, he was issued a show cause notice under Rule 15A of the Army Rules, 1954, proposing to invalid him out of service on the ground that he was suffering from Alcohol Dependence 1 “the Tribunal”, hereinafter 3. The petitioner filed an appeal against the decision of the Medical Board and also replied to the show cause notice. 4. While the appeal and the reply to the show cause notice was pending, the petitioner mo