JEET LAL vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~62 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 3725/2025, CM APPL. 17356/2025 & CM APPL. 17357/2025 JEET LAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. U.S. Maurya, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Premtosh K. Mishra, CGSC with Ms. Mamta Tiwari, GP, Mr. Manish Vashisht, Ms. Sanya Kalsi, Mr. Prakhar Singh Sengar, Advs. for UOI. Major Anish Muralidhar, Army CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 27.03.2025 C.HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This writ petition is directed against order dated 27 February 2025 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal1 in OA 45/20252. By the impugned order, the AFT has rejected the petitioner’s prayer for stay of his discharge from the services of the Defence Security Corps3, consequent on discharge order dated 13 December 2024. As per the said discharge order, the petitioner would be liable to be discharged 1 “the AFT”, hereinafter 2 Sep/DSC Jeet Lal v UOI 3 “DSC”, hereinafter Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 3725/2025 Page 1 of 6 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:28.03.2025 15:55:01 from the DSC, as a Low Medical Category (Personnel)4 on 31 March 2025. 2. We have heard Mr. Maurya, learned Counsel for the petitioner, as well as Mr. Mishra, learned Counsel and Major Muralidhar, who appeared for the respondents. 3. Learned Counsel for the parties are ad idem that ROI 06/2018 applies in the case of premature discharge of personnel of the DSC on LMC(P). According to the procedure envisaged by the said ROI 06/2018, the approval of the Brigadier DSC, through the OIC records, is required to be obtained before the order of discharge is passed. 4. We had noted this fact in our order dated 26 March 2025 and called upon Mr. Mishra, learned Counsel for the respondents, to obtain ins