SAMUEL KAMALESAN vs UNION OF INDIA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 04.03.2025 Pronounced on: 30.05.2025 W.P.(C) 7564/2021 & CM APPL. 23679/2021, 31825/2021 SAMUEL KAMALESAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. with Mr.Abhishek Jebaraj, Ms.A. Reyna Shruti, Mr.Shourya Desgupta, Ms.Shivani Sagar Kalra, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr.Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr.Ripudaman Bhardwaj, CGSC, Ms.Avshreya Pratap Singh Rudy, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr.Kushagra Kumar, Mr.Abhinav Bharadwaj, Mr.Saurabh Tripathi, Advs. along with Major Anish Muralidhar, Army CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR JUDGMENT NAVIN CHAWLA, J. 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, challenging the Order dated 03.03.2021 issued by the respondent, dismissing the petitioner from the Indian Army without pension and gratuity. The petitioner also seeks reinstatement in service. Case of the petitioner 2. As a brief background of the facts in which the present petition arises, the petitioner was commissioned in the Indian Army on 3. It is the case of the petitioner, that the petitioner‟s Regiment maintains only a Mandir and a Gurudwara for its religiou