MAJ PANEET GILL vs UNION OF INDIA THROUGH & ORS.

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$~48 & 51 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision:12.03.2025 (48)+ W.P.(C) 3195/2025 (51)+ W.P.(C) 3213/2025 MAJ PANEET GILL .....Petitioner MAJ RASHI MISHRA .....Petitioner Through: Col Indra Sen Singh, Mr. Nasir Mohd. and Ms. Kaberi Sharma, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Neeraj (SPC), Mr. Rudra Paliwal (G.P.), Mr. Soumyadip Chakraborty, Mr. Sachin Saraswat, Mr. Sanjay Pal, Advs. with Col. Sarika Pendalwar, Lt. Col. Deepak and Maj. Anish Murlidhar. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 14925/2025 (Exemption) in W.P.(C) 3195/2025 CM APPL. 15002/2025 (Exemption) in W.P.(C) 3213/2025 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.Ps.(C) 3195/2025 & 3213/2025 Page 1 of 8 By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:19.03.2025 20:08:30 W.P.(C) 3195/2025 & CM APPL. 14924/2025 W.P.(C) 3213/2025 & CM APPL. 15001/2025 2. These petitions have been filed by the petitioners, challenging the Order dated 10th March, 2025 passed by the learned Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘learned Tribunal’) in M.A. 709/2025 in Original Application 2944/2023 (O.A.) titled Major Paneet Gill v. Union of India and Ors., and in M.A. No. 806/2025 in O.A. No. 2945/2023 titled Maj Rashi Mishra v. Union of India & Ors., rejecting the prayer of the petitioners herein for a direction to the respondents to allow them to continue in service as Short Service Commissioned Officer(s) (in short, ‘SSCOs’) during the pendency of the petitions. The learned Tribunal, by the impugned orders, has granted protection to the petitioners to a limited extent that their release from service shall be subject to the