MANVIR SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 02.05.2025 Pronounced on: 12.06.2025 W.P.(C) 11442/2016 MANVIR SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Ms. Harshita Verma, Mr. Omkar Hemanth, Ms. Siddhi Nagwekar, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rajesh Kumar, SPC with Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Mr. Yash Narain, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR JUDGMENT SHALINDER KAUR, J 1. The petitioner before us is aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the Order dated 27.12.2011 passed by the respondents, vide which the petitioner was considered „Unfit‟ for further service in the Border Security Force (in short, „BSF‟), and he was retired from the service with effect from 31.12.2011, with pensionary benefits in accordance with Rule 25 of BSF Rules, 1969 (in short, „Rules‟). 2. The brief facts relevant for the disposal of the present petition are that the petitioner joined the BSF in the year 1990 as a Constable (GD). Upon successfully completing his training, on 17.07.1990, he was posted at the 146th Battalion, BSF, which was at that time stationed at Chuda Chandpur, Manipur. At the time of his joining,